DIARY UPDATE: Week 3, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 3 2017 TUESDAY, JANUARY 17 Men of League Brisbane Committee meets at Broncos Leagues. There are television crews outside, because Broncos’ centre, […]
Category Archives: Diary of a retired Rugby League Journalist
DIARY UPDATE: Week 2, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 2 2017 MONDAY, JANUARY 9 Field a call from former ‘Courier-Mail’ colleague, Mike Colman, who has been tasked with exploring commercial opportunities […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 1, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK ONE 2017 TUESDAY, JANUARY 3 Take up temporary residence at our son, Damien and his wife, Emma’s Main Beach apartment, while they […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 52, 2016
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER. WEEK 52, 2016 MONDAY, DECEMBER 26 Cathryn Cavaney contacts me, wanting information about my late Uncle Tom Dunne, who, with his wife, Ruby […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 51 2016
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 51 2016 MONDAY, DECEMBER 19 Drinks with my former Murwillumbah High School classmate, Tom Tartan at Brothers’ Leagues. Tom reflects on his time […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 50 2016
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 50 2016 MONDAY, DECEMBER 12 Buy seven ‘Superior’ lilly pillys from Berrigan Road Nursery, Mudgeeraba, to provide a natural privacy screen at […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 49 2016
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 49 2016 MONDAY, DECEMBER 5 Attend ‘Old Journos’ get-together at Plough Inn, South Brisbane, a gathering of former newspaper employees in Brisbane. Talk […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 48 2016
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 48 2016 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29 Marie and I watch movie ‘The Founder’, about the guy who founded McDonalds. In 1973, ‘Big Phil […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 47, 2016
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER – WEEK 47 2016 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Steve Haddan delivers a copy of his book, ‘Our Game’. We have a great chat about […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 46, 2016
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER – WEEK 46 2016 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14 This is the last week of our New South Wales’ motoring holiday. Leave the Hunter Valley […]
