Random thoughts and observations
This story has surprisingly received no coverage in the national or international media, so I’m posting it here in the hope someone picks it up. An Australian mine worker, Matthew Norman, was among the nine people killed in an accident at the South Deep gold mine operated by Gold Fields near Carletonville outside Johannesburg last [...]
St Barbara is the patron saint of mining and each year a festival is held in her honour and to celebrate the mining industry in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia. A highlight is the big parade down Hannan Street, held this year in the late afternoon on Saturday, December 2, 2006. Our kids loved seeing the floats [...]
I haven’t ridden the bike much this year, in fact not at all for the past few months until today. I’m gearing up for the Balzano Barrow Race this weekend when I’ll be one of five people in a team pushing an aerodynamic wheelbarrow 21km from Kanowna to Kalgoorlie. We’re supposed to finish in about [...]
I don’t think I’ve ever written it here before, but my middle name is John. My full name is the same as my grandfather and uncle. My uncle was sadly killed in Victoria’s Black Friday bushfire of 1939. I searched for my name on Google tonight and a reference to the Tanjil Bren bushfire tragedy [...]
