As the saying goes, ‘You can’t judge a book by its cover’ and as Mickey Randall and Claire found out the same can be said for pubs.
Mystery Pub: Permission to Pretend
January 6, 2026 by 4 Comments
In an untainted nook in which we they fleetingly pause time, Mickey Randall and Claire spend a ‘mystery pub’ evening at the Rockford Hotel in Adelaide.
Almanac Cricket: Cricket by the Sea
December 16, 2025 by 11 Comments
There’s a certain amount of delight watching a leisurely game of country cricket with the sea for a backdrop as Mickey Randall explains.
Almanac Travel: Watch out. There’s a snake right there.
November 10, 2025 by 7 Comments
Not quite a dance with the devil in the pale moonlight, but the bright lush tropics of Indonesia introduced Mickey Randall and Claire to some of the more dangerous members of the animal kingdom during their travels.
Almanac Music: Country Roads, Take Me Home — Again and Again
October 28, 2025 by 6 Comments
John Denver’s ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’ is a much loved song of many people as Mickey Randall and Claire found out in Bali.
Almanac Life: Time on a Myponga Hill
October 7, 2025 by 11 Comments
Mickey Randall and Claire recently participated in their annual Carrickalinga escape with dear old friends. Mickey recalls the joys of the weekend.
Almanac (SANFL) Footy: How Good’s (Glenelg’s) Grand Final Week?
September 18, 2025 by 10 Comments
Mickey Randall is savouring every moment in the week leading up to Glenelg’s clash with Sturt in the 2025 SANFL Grand Final this Sunday. There’s also anticipation about what will happen in the aftermath should the Bays get up.
Almanac Pubs: Mstry Pb – Frydy Nght Drnks
August 29, 2025 by 12 Comments
Mystery pub Bckyrd appeals to Mickey Randall with its use of linguistics as a marketing tool in part of Adelaide’s bold new face.
Almanac (SANFL) Footy – Glenelg v Eagles: Pecker Park Ponderings
August 8, 2025 by 8 Comments
Mickey Randall was at Woodville Oval on a breezy, increasingly chilly day to check on the progress of his Glenelg Tigers.
Mystery Pub: Goo and Gump
July 31, 2025 by 7 Comments
The best laid plan by Mickey to share a blissful interlude with Claire beside a crackling fireplace in a Norwood pub turned out to be anything but! ‘An elegant failure’ was his considered evaluation.
Almanac life: Almost, Us
July 23, 2025 by 6 Comments
Mickey Randall shares with us a recent visit that he and Claire made to the Stirling Community Theatre, to see the play “Almost, Maine”
Almanac Pubs: Mystery Pub – Blue Got a Flat
June 27, 2025 by 12 Comments
Mickey Randall and Claire are in the Adelaide Hills for their mystery pub visit where Mickey is pleasantly surprised by Claire’s choice in Palmer.
Almanac Pubs: Our annual pilgrimage to the Greenock Pub
June 16, 2025 by 7 Comments
Mickey Randall eases into the familiar surrounds of the Greenock Pub with schnitzels, local footy in the 1980s and prophylactics on the menu.
Almanac Running: Running North Terrace
May 30, 2025 by 12 Comments
Mickey Randall conveys the sights, sounds and thoughts he experienced during his jog along North Terrace, the beautiful and magnificent boulevarde in Adelaide.
Charlie’s Good Tonight: The Rolling Stones and the Showdown Mark
May 14, 2025 by 9 Comments
Mickey Randall muses on the Rolling Stones as footballers, ponders the choice of excellence over longing, and gasps at Mark Keane’s match-saving mark in Showdown 57
Almanac Life: ‘…and the Arab Steed wins the Mystery Pub Stakes in a canter’
April 17, 2025 by 10 Comments
Claire and Mickey were a little out of routine when they visited The Arab Steed on Hutt Street in ‘the bohemian quarter of Adelaide’. A new drop by Coopers caused Mickey some concern.
Almanac Reviews: No Bullshit Bakeries of the Bush – A Willunga Sausage Roll
March 28, 2025 by 18 Comments
In the latest of his sausage roll reviews, Mickey Randall ponders – among other things – bullnose verandahs, old typewriters, and community notice-boards
Ghosts of the Fairway: Belair Parkrun
March 17, 2025 by 10 Comments
In the metaphorical blink of an eye, Belair National Park in the Adelaide Hills has transformed from verdant golfing locale to a sunburnt parkrun host – Mickey Randall shares his experiences of both iterations and reflects on the personal and societal meaning within.
Mystery Pub: In Future Nursing Homes There Will Be No Jaydens
March 5, 2025 by 13 Comments
After taking in yet another mystery pub, Mickey and his entourage attended Brett Blake’s performance at the Adelaide Fringe. Good times all round!
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