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 […]
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DIARY UPDATE: Week 21, 2020
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 UPDATE: Week 19, 2020
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 UPDATE: Week 50, 2019
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 UPDATE: Week 40, 2019
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 […]
TOO MANY ONE NIGHT STANDS
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. […]
FLASHBACK: August 1989
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. […]
AND STILL THEY COME!
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 UPDATE: Week 19, 2018
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 UPDATE: Week 15, 2017
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. […]
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 38, 2017
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 UPDATE: Week 27, 2017
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, […]
WHAT NOW FOR FRINGE PLAYERS?
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 UPDATE: Week 15, 2017
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 […]
Diary entry: Week 27, 2015
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 […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 20, 2015
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 […]
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