The flies are worse than usual this year. I don’t know what it is, perhaps the tropical weather, but the irritating winged devils are out in force. They even rated a mention on the Melbourne TV news recently, so the poor city folk are suffering as well. Friends went on a bike ride two weeks [...]
Pass the baton
My photo appeared on page five of Victoria’s highest-circulating daily newspaper yesterday, the Herald-Sun from Melbourne. It was to do with my non-selection to run with the Queen’s Baton in the Commonwealth Games relay. The article quoted me correctly, but missed my main point, which was that Porepunkah has been snubbed by the relay organisers. [...]
Crashed in Sydney
This post might just as well be an obituary for my party animal days. It’s 4.30am on Saturday morning. I’m in a Sydney hotel room, just 20 minutes walk from the city, Kings Cross and Darling Harbour. Normal readers will assume that I just returned from a night on the town. The fact is that [...]
Being a suspect
It must be difficult being a clean suspect in a police investigation. Through no fault of your own, fate and circumstance could make you a person of interest. The Age today reported the sad story of a real estate agent being murdered in Melbourne. This triggered my interest earlier in the day when a breaking [...]
