May 26, 2012

Old Fuss and Feathers

Winfield Scott

Mount Gambier trucking magnate and publisher Allan Scott passed away this week, aged 85. I didn’t get to know him well enough to comment much on his extraordinary life, except to say he was a great man by any measure. Visiting Millicent today I met one of his close friends, Rocky Smith, who told me [...]

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Sporting isolation

Map of Australia

Reading Delmer’s comment about the Ashes reinforced to me how insular Australia and the United States are when it comes to sport. The reality is that most countries of the world are soccer mad. It’s played everywhere and is the main spectator sport in most countries as well. The only places where it isn’t the [...]

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