Random thoughts and observations
“Rotary supports bowel cancer” proclaimed the headline in the (now defunct) Golden Mail. They were writing about the Bowelscan program, which aims to detect and prevent bowel cancer. In the Kalgoorlie Miner this week we dropped a clanger by describing a vehicle which caught fire as a Holden when in fact it was a Falcon. [...]
Western Australia has a hoon problem. It exists everywhere to some extent, I suppose, but I never encountered it in the parts of Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia I lived in previously. Hoon activity can be doing a burnout; dangerous or reckless driving; racing another vehicle, speeding, and accelerating or braking and skidding [...]
I’m really proud that two Kalgoorlie Miner photographers were recognised tonight at the Western Australian Press Photographer of the Year Awards 2008. Mary Mills won the picture story category for her series on the Kalgoorlie Cup. Mary came second in the section for best country photographer and fellow Miner shutterbug Jodi Kingston came third. Photographs [...]
I don’t like the heat and I welcome unexpected cool weather when it comes in Kalgoorlie during summer. Unfortunately I missed most of the current cool change until today. Kalgoorlie has received the tail end of a tropical cyclone which became a rain depression across inland parts of Western Australia. That’s not unusual, but the [...]
Strolling through Melbourne today, I called in at Subway in Elizabeth Street for lunch on the go. I ordered my usual six-inch tuna sub and nearly fell over when I saw the price was just $3.95. In Kalgoorlie the cost is $5.45. Why the 28 percent difference? Looking at possible variables, volume is probably higher [...]
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