Rugby League
(Originally published on The Roar) https://www.theroar.com.au/2018/09/30/a-tale-of-two-cities/ Many years ago my father was offered a job in Sydney. No one in the family…
Everyday Observations
Sydney had Oprah Winfrey at the Opera House. Melbourne had the Giggle and Hoot Pyjama Party at Eastland Shopping Centre, in the…
Everyday Observations
The Age’s Epicure has a piece on the favourite restaurants of “prominent Melburnians”. These prominents include celebrities, identities, personalities, a gynaecological oncologist who lunches at The Italian, a…
Sport
AAMI Park takes you by surprise. Exiting the Monash Freeway along the curving Batman Avenue it suddenly appears beside you. Squat and rooted to the ground…
Everyday Observations
The fire alarm at Doncaster Shoppingtown, situated in a suburb of Melbourne, works piercingly well, spearing off the marble tiles floors. Unfortunately…
Sport
Fresh from boasting about Melbourne’s official title as The World’s Best Sporting City, the Victorian Government has begun negotiations over the naming rights of…
Everyday Observations
The wearing of shorts in inappropriate climes:- The Scouts: tottering, squatting, struggling to survive in damp undergrowth somewhere on the outskirts of Melbourne during…
