The Australian music world is in mourning today following the news that Judith Durham, lead singer of The Seekers, passed away yesterday after a along battle with a chronic lung disease. She was only … [Read more...]
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Half-way houses
Half-way houses are, by definition, half way between two set destinations. There are probably millions of them all over the world by that name but I'm going to concern myself only with two today … [Read more...]
Everything you wanted to know about Dane Rowe.
If you are old enough to remember racing in the 70's, you'd remember an era of great innovation and competition. Nowhere was this more evident than in the sidecar division, an area of the sport that … [Read more...]
Suppose they gave a war…
For some reason the title of this very forgettable movie kept running through my head yesterday (Sunday). You see, I had posted an EOI for our (IRA's) traditional breakfast ride (last Sunday of the … [Read more...]
John Small has left the building.
I'm still a bit in shock this morning. My good buddy and photographer and fellow CRRC foundation member, John Small, was found dead yesterday at his home at Tilba, on the south coast of NSW. The … [Read more...]
RNP
Helena had her monthly quilting class this morning and the weather was great, cool, of course, but ideal riding conditions. It was Bexie's turn today so I headed out early. The plan was to go up Mt … [Read more...]
One picture is worth..
It's funny how significant a photo can be when you have seen it dozens of times and not realised it. Here's a shot of mine from the 1978 King of the Weir meeting at Hume Weir. Most people will … [Read more...]
A School Excursion Pt2
Welcome back. After having detailed my teaching up until the beginning of 2004, let me continue and also get to the nitty-gritty of the story as well. Our decision to leave Canberra and return to … [Read more...]
A School Excursion
Sleep is not happening quite as it should these and portions of every night seem to be dedicated to random thoughts about all manner of subjects that seem to have little meaning or connection. Now you … [Read more...]
Where’s Wally?
Wally and Margaret, what a couple. Where's Wally? Looking at the title of my article this morning you might be encouraged to think that I’m going to write something about that famous cartoon … [Read more...]
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