
The old expression goes that rugby union is “the game they play in heaven”. This is apt, be- cause the game is very nearly dead to me. It currently remains on life support, waiting for me to have a quick glance at th...
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Soccer, football, kick-kick-goal, whatever you want to call it, is currently balls-deep into its greatest show, the FIFA World Cup; where good grace goes to die. There have been more than a few utterances that any half d...
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When it rains, it pours – isn’t that the old adage? We all hate a drought, whether it’s in real terms or more metaphorical ones, like love, business, sex or even fishing. We all know that feeling when you just ...
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Don’t miss out on your chance to get down to the Royal Racecourse this month as The Randwick City Council and the Australian Turf Club partner up as hosts of the now well-established Randwick Community Race Day. The ev...
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I always knew I would die at the hands of a middle-aged white man. After all, most of us will. I generally assumed it would be a war-mongering politician or a jealous farmer, angered by the quality of my home-grown jalap...
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June, with its westerly winds, crisp short evenings and icy cold ocean, is always a melancholic month in Sydney. Longing for spring and vaguely recalling autumn, the wet weeks can drag and the nights oft feel somewhat li...
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By the time you read this, the dust will have hopefully settled. Appeals may or may not have happened. The Cape Town Three will be getting on with their lives, doing whatever the hell it is that cricketers do when they c...
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This past month I’ve been challenged by my own thoughts. I guess we all are from time to time. I used to feel like there were two personalities in my head, and now I know there are. “Crazy?” I hear you ask. Nope, j...
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Ah, the Commonwealth Games. This may come as a surprise, but I absolutely love them. More so than the Olympics. Sure, they’re the result of a dark and murderous history, but we win lots of stuff, so I dig them – ...
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What an absolute cracker of a month we’ve just experienced. The start of autumn, fish everywhere, warm water and the final days of daylight saving gave us all the chance to jam more into every day. April, although dark...
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Bruce Hopkins – Leading The Lifeguards
Sharon Ziebart: That was very interesting interview. I knew that lifeguarding was not a no mind job. It is amazing how people ignore sound advice from lifeguards. I can swim and float quite well. I would always swim ...
read more > Comments [ 5 ]What's That Bloody Noise?
Diane: I hear the hum every day & night in Heyfield Gippsland Australia, Th he t us Malinga sound never leaves. Other people hear it but aren’t annoyed. But l cannot stand it any more.
read more > Comments [ 10 ]May 1974: The Storm Of Storms
Steve Smith: I remember the Sygna storm well. I note your picture shows the Passia Bulker that run aground on Nobbys Beach. I watched this Happen as well. During the Sygna storm nobbies light house recorde...
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