DIARY UPDATE: Week 24, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 24 2021 MONDAY, JUNE14 Rugby league people feature prominently in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, which is par for the course. We […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 24 2021 MONDAY, JUNE14 Rugby league people feature prominently in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, which is par for the course. We […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 21 2020 MONDAY, MAY 25 Tallebudgera Nature Reserve is closed, but what the hell! If you wait for National Parks to open […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 19 2020 MONDAY, MAY 11 The bushland around Enoggera Dam in Brisbane’s west is the destination for my wife, Marie and I […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 50 2019 MONDAY, DECEMBER 16 There are reports Australian Rugby League back, Latrell Mitchell may switch from the Roosters to South Sydney, […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 40 2019 MONDAY, OCTOBER 7 Six decades of soccer (football) is remembered in the Tweed Valley, with the likes of Jim Devine […]
TRAVEL The traffic at the Arc de Triomphe roundabout in Paris parted like the Red Sea, as I made a dash to return my hire car, before office closing time. […]
AUGUST 1989 Giant Englishman, Brendan Hill powered Easts to a 18-16 win over Wynnum-Manly at Langlands Park, to keep the Tigers on top of the 1989 Brisbane Rugby League premiership. […]
People watching can be the best form of entertainment, and it’s often free. Rarely have I enjoyed a night of people watching more than an unexpected bonanza in a bar/tabac […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 19 2018 MONDAY, MAY 7 Several Labor Day marchers down a few ales at Stafford Tavern. One eyewitness to the march, tells […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 15 2018 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 Valleys’ rugby league legend, Ray Edwards, has passed away. His daughter is 4KQ Breakfast host, Laurel Edwards. […]
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 OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 38 2017 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 Start of a new ‘era’. No more Brothers’ Leagues Club. It has closed its doors, because of […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 27, 2017 MONDAY, JULY 3, 2017 Complete our Silversea cruise, on the company’s newest vessel, Silver Muse. We are moored in Venice, […]
They were unsettling times for fringe players – the period leading up to the start of the inaugural NRL season in 1998. The Australian Rugby League and Super League were […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 15 2017 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12 Former Broncos, South Sydney, Roosters and Titans’ forward, Ashley Harrison is guest speaker at our Men of […]
WEEK 27 2015 TUESDAY, JUNE 30 To cinema to see ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’, set in my favorite South of England county, Dorset, where I spent time touring ahead […]
MONDAY, MAY 11 Sad day in Townsville, with the funeral or former Kirwan High principal, John Livingstone, who was in charge when our eldest son, Damien was on staff. A […]