It's no secret that Australia's Remy Gardner has not been happy for much of this year in the TechIII MotoGP KTM squad. Hired at the start of 2022 as the reigning Moto2 World Champion, Remy looked to … [Read more...]
A very difficult day
The greatest composer of all time, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, passed away in 1791 at the tragically young age of 36 years. It is said that the weather on day of his funeral was so bleak and awful that … [Read more...]
Bye bye Wakefield Park
An announcement yesterday has confirmed what motorsports fans in NSW have feared for the last month or so, Goulburn's Wakefield Park Raceway will cease operations on September the 1st, probably … [Read more...]
Ridus Interruptus
You know the old saying about best laid plans? I fell victim yesterday. Helena has a huge weekend of arty/crafty things this weekend. An art stall at the Red Point Gallery in Port Kembla on … [Read more...]
Slip, sliding away
At first sight, you'd think that this is a picture of a snow-covered road and you'd be entitled to think so, but it's not. That's what I thought at first when I crested the hill on Mount Ousley and … [Read more...]
RIP Judith Durham
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...]
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...]