A few days in Brisbane

  With the Adelaide winter clinging on and the desire for warmer weather too much to resist we headed to Queensland for a 10 day break. Although we left Adelaide on a day when the temperature was in the low 20s the forecast for the remainder of the weak was at best bleak! With all […]

Take the turn off – Mundulla & Dimboola

With travel still restricted, we are all being encouraged to travel locally. Australia is vast and highways mean so many of the little towns are a detour off the highway.
In this post I pick two that are definitely worth taking the turn off for. We have!

The first pop song I ever heard

I was in the car with my daughter with the car radio tuned to Cruise 1323, a local hits and memories AM radio station and on came “It”s Good News Week” the 1965 hit by British pop band Hedgehoppers Anonymous. As the opening beat commenced I knew exactly what it was and said to my […]

My sports memories – The story of one Sturt supporter

With no sport on anywhere I’ve realised just how much a part of my life sport plays. It’s not a life or death matter but it is an ever present in my life. For as long as I can remember I’ve always been a sports fan. Never much of a player; a very average footballer […]

Australia’s bushfires

I have a basic rule for my blog. I won’t post or comment on politics. I learnt with one tweet very early in that this was a very bad idea and I continue to confine my tweets and posts to things non-political. This post is to say thank you to all of those paid or […]