26 DEC 2023
Sex, feuds and devotion
The grave site of Mary Gorey at Kyneton, alongside her parents. This is a true story of sex, feuds and devotion. It’s the story of my grandfather’s aunt,...
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9 JULY 2023
Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
A scene from the TV version of Cloudstreet Cloudstreet by Tim Winton is the best Australian novel I’ve read in several years. I preface that by saying I...
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9 JULY 2023
ISTJ personality type
I undertook a free Myer-Briggs personality test in 2007 and repeated it today with the same result. ISTJ = Introverted, Sensing, Thinking, Judging. Accordi...
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9 JULY 2023
Offa's Dyke path
In 2014 I walked the 285km Offa’s Dyke Path from Chepstow to Prestatyn along the Wales-England border, staying at pubs and B&Bs along the way. The interm...
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29 NOV 2020
Coronavirus wipes out 2020
The year 2020 is both memorable and one to forget. It's memorable for having the first global pandemic since Spanish Flu in 1918-19. It's forgettable for sti...
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22 APR 2019
When the Dutch in Bundaberg faced Communist threat
A Lockheed Lodestar aircraft of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force in Queensland. In Anzac week we reflect on the contribution our allies m...
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26 APR 2018
Communications should be at the heart of decision making
My first exposure to local government was reporting council meetings as a cadet journalist in country Victoria during the 1980s. A lot has changed in newspap...
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15 APR 2017
Stop bashing Canberra and take pride in the capital
Bashing the national capital is a uniquely Australian pastime. Capital cities elsewhere sometimes draw critical attention for being the seat of government an...
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13 FEB 2016
Honeymoon Gap and Simpsons Gap
A lovely bike ride from Alice Springs is a 50km loop down the Ilparpa road south of town, across to Honeymoon Gap, north to Simpsons Gap and back on the seale...
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Heyfield Girl resonates
Thanks to a review by Tony Hillier in The Australian yesterday, I discovered Maffra-born singer Michael Waugh, who is about to release his first album, What We...
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