It's Australia Day so my commentary today will be brief.

There are many ways in which the Australia Day public holiday can be spent and I think that I've found one of the least desirable activities, painting my daughters bedroom. Making my escape to blog is probably a cop-out.

There's an interesting dilemna for Mortgage Brokers over a long weekend. Some of our clients or prospects can be very hard to get hold of during ordinary working hours. Likewise those same prospects are normally cooking, eating or spending family time after work. So, when do you ring them?

With this being the case, doesn't a public holiday represent a golden opportunity to make contact with that busy prospect?

I'm of two minds about that one.

Now, if I could have found something a little more interesting to do than being a home handyman, I would be off doing it. And if I was off doing something fun, for example something truly Australian like fishing, with a beer in one hand and some cold prawns beside me, then I don't really think I'd be receptive to that cold call.

As it is, if someone cold called me right now I'd be very interested in what they had to say. I'd sit right down and give them my full attention. It wouldn't really matter what they were selling, as long as I had a reason not to paint for a while.

But as it is, I don't think that many others are in my situation today. They're probably out having fun. So, I'll have to let this window of opportunity slip by and try making my cold calls during the rest of the week.

It's back to painting for me.