Gorey Things is the personal website of Michael Gorey, a writer based in Ballarat in regional Victoria, Australia. Michael writes about Australian history, politics and opinion, travel, books, food, technology and life in regional Australia. Articles cover topics including colonial history, genealogy, sport, culture and current affairs. Whether you are interested in the gold rush era, Victorian-era figures, walks and hiking trails, or simply curious opinions on life, cuisine and the world, there is something here for you.
Cape Bridgewater is an interesting and underrated destination in the far west of Victoria near the South Australian border. I stopped there for a couple of hours today on the way from Mount Gambier to Port Fairy. My first stop though was at Nelson on the Glenelg River. I had been there before and I've always been f...
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I found a useful purpose for AI to summarise and analyse two years worth of Samsung Health data recorded by smart watch and phone. Samsung enables backup of personal data i...
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Mount Schank offers a challenging and rewarding walk south-east of Mount Gambier towards Port Macdonnell. The challenge is ascending 100 metres' elevation quickly and the r...
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Today I published my first public coding piece on GitHub ; it's a tool to convert PDF files into Markdown and JSON format for easier interrogation by AI. I'm not a coder a...
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I drove from Adelaide to Mount Gambier and Yahl today, departing at 7.30am and arriving around 2pm after three stops along the way. It was a clear run out of Adelaide with ...
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Adelaide is one of my favourite cities in Australia and I've enjoyed visiting here for a few days. I arrived on Thursday and leave on Monday morning to stay in Mount Gambie...
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I've been to markets in many places across the world and Adelaide Central Market is up there with the best of them. There's a stunning array of produce to suit all tastes, ...
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I was lucky enough in 2013 to meet Orlane Heaney Regnault in Adelaide. We dated for a while and remained friends afterwards. I moved away from Adelaide late in 2014 and we ...
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I drove from Ballarat to Adelaide today, 617km in about seven hours along the Western and Dukes Highways through Horsham and Murray Bridge. Departing at 7am in the wet, dar...
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