DIARY UPDATE: Week 50, 2015
MONDAY, DECEMBER 7 ‘Old Farts’ journos lunch at Plough Inn, South Bank. Former Lord Mayor, Sallyanne Atkinson, an ‘old’ journo, is there. We chat about State of Origin II in […]
Category Archives: Diary of a retired Rugby League Journalist
DIARY UPDATE: Week 49, 2015
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30 Former All Black, Jonah Lomu’s memorial service from Eden Park, Auckland is live on Fox. The entire Warriors’ NRL squad is in attendance and Warriors’ Kiwi international […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 48, 2015
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Watch movie, ‘The Dressmaker’ at Palace Centro Cinema in James Street. Quite mad, but enjoyable. Ian Botham turns 60! I met him only once – in 1987 […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 47, 2015
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16 Our first full day on Lord Howe Island, and we explore the west, forced back by nesting sooty terns. Meet a German couple. Also a group from Canberra […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 46, 2015
WEEK 46, 2015 Visit my uncle, Bill Ricketts and his wife, Nola at Ballina. Bill, a former Queensland policeman, is my late father’s younger brother, his only sibling. Bill, whose police […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 45, 2015
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 Melbourne Cup day, and Marie goes next door to Bandits/Brothers Club and places several bets. My money was on Bondi Beach (on the nose). We both dip out, with […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 44, 2015
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27. Drive to Toowoomba for the funeral of former Brisbane Valleys and Toowoomba Souths forward, Jeff Gill who played one match for Queensland in 1973. The legendary Marty Scanlan speaks on […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 43, 2015
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20 David Smith quits as National Rugby League chief executive and the rumour mill goes into overdrive, re. his replacement, with radio commentator, Ray Hadley mentioning former Queensland […]
DAIRY UPDATE: Week 42, 2015
MONDAY, OCTOBER 12 Bus it to Frankfurt, then Metro to Marianplatz where there is an International Girls Day march in Berger Street. At Kleinmarket a busker belts out a few […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 41, 2015
MONDAY, OCTOBER 5 Travel by train to Luxembourg, through the vineyards of Champagne, and the city of Metz. Weather in Luxembourg City is dismal, like Leeds in November. Our accommodation is […]
