DIARY UPDATE: Week 14, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER. WEEK 14 2018 MONDAY, APRIL 2 In India, our daughter, Melanie’s tour bus has been targeted by an angry mob, as part of […]
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DIARY UPDATE: Week 13, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 13 2018 MONDAY, MARCH 26 Radio TAB’s John McCoy said he was in tears, when he heard the news, Australian cricketers had […]
KERRI-ANNE SHOWED THE WAY
My late sister, Kerri-Anne was the pioneer overseas adventurer in our family, and I owe her a lot. Her tales from Britain and Europe helped plant the seeds of travel […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 11, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 11 2018 MONDAY, MARCH 12 Rob Saltmarsh is our four wheel drive, tour guide, a good bloke, a good operator, although we […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 9, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 9 2018 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26 Bruny Island Cruises take us on a sensational jet boat trip around the south eastern tip of […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 7, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 7 2018. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15 Interview former Test rugby league winger, Kerry Boustead at Men of League lunch at Club Pine Rivers. […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 4, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 4 2018 MONDAY, JANUARY 22 Kerry McGreedy and his wife, Roseanne have donated South Queensland Crushers’ magazines to the QRL History Committee. […]
RUGBY LEAGUE’S ANZAC SPIRIT
WHEN I think of ANZAC Day and rugby league connections, gentleman footballer, Jack Rayner immediately springs to mind. My father, Jon Ricketts often mentioned Jack as one of the toughest […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 50, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 50 2017 MONDAY, DECEMBER 11 Tenterfield is our ‘home’ for the next few days, as we enjoy the ambiance of one of […]
THEY CALL THE ISLAND MARIA
Fraser Island, Hinchinbrook Island, Moreton Island, Kangaroo Island, Mornington Island, Straddy – I’d heard of them all. But Maria Island! Where the hell is that? That’s what I thought, when […]
