We ran a photo in the Kalgoorlie Miner of international bog snorkeller Julia Galvin (pictured in a bog), who was visiting town, astride the statue of Paddy Hannan complete with snorkel and mud.
I had never heard of bog snorkelling until yesterday, but apparently it’s quite big in Wales.
The “sport” involves competitors completing two consecutive lengths [...]
The Kalgoorlie Miner this morning exposed a scam in which foreigners are selling “original” artworks door to door.
Young people, believed to be Israeli or Iraqi (odd mix), claim to be art students earning a living.
I’ve personally had two different sellers knock on my door in the past six months. (more…)
It sounds like the remains of missing Myrtleford toddler Daniel Thomas may have been found today after human bones were discovered under a house in the North East Victorian town.
Daniel went missing in October 2003.
The house is the one Daniel’s mother Donna Thomas and babysitter Mandy Martin rented together when Daniel was reported missing. Ms [...]
Andrew Symonds shoulder charged a streaker at the Gabba tonight in a bone-jarring tackle more reminiscent of rugby than cricket.
It will send the otherwise ho-hum, yawn pitch invasion into the realms of sporting folklore. And let’s face it, a photograph or video footage is necessary to make a streak memorable.
There was a female streaker at [...]
Overseas readers will be interested to know the story reported in the Cairns Post of a monster python stalking and devouring a family’s pet dog.
Daniel Peric said he now would not leave his two children, aged five and seven, alone in any part of the house, after the “enormous” python ate his silky terrier-cross chihuahua.
Mr [...]
I’ll think twice before I ever complain about slow service in a restaurant after reading this report in The Age:
“A restaurateur has been jailed for seven years for the manslaughter of a patron who complained about slow service. After a fight broke out at the Bon Mua restaurant and karaoke bar, co-owner and chef Khanh [...]
English boffins have reportedly identified a 682-year-old mutilated corpse as the gay lover of King Edward II.
The remains, which bear the hallmarks of having been hung, drawn and quartered, are thought to be those of Sir Hugh Despenser the Younger, who was executed as a traitor in 1326.
Sir Hugh was a favorite of Edward, who [...]
Australia’s biggest gold mine, the Super Pit, made front page news in The Australian today. This follows a report in the Kalgoorlie Miner earlier this week that the south-western wall collapsed.
The operator, Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines, is a joint venture between North American giants Newmont (USA) and Barrick (Canada).
Here is Kalgoorlie we hope the mine [...]
There is speculation the new Labor Government will ban plastic shopping bags to shore up its green credentials.
City dog owners are unhappy with the idea because they use plastic bags to hold the poop they scoop.
I’d prefer to see the government discourage plastic bags, rather than abolish them. They should implement a 10-cent levy on [...]
I was sorry to hear that George MacDonald Fraser, author of the Flashman series, died this week at the age of 82.
I’ve read all the Flashman books and I had hoped there were more to come. As described neatly in The Age:
“Flashman, published in 1969, imagined Harry Flashman, the bullying schoolboy of 19th-century classic Tom [...]
