Mickey Randall has been running along Tianzhu Road in Beijing wearing his Glenelg Tigers footy jumper. From the pavement, he gives his impressions of the city dwarfed by enormous, empty housing blocks above.
Almanac Life and Music: The Eighth Caller Through – The Cars, Neil Young, and Goanna
April 2, 2026 by 12 Comments
Mickey Randall’s mate Lukey dropped off some old vinyl albums recently. They took Mickey back to a special time in his life. Is nostalgia ‘right now — the way it found us in the first place?’
Almanac Other Sports: A Brief History of the Triple Jump and Human Suffering
March 16, 2026 by 4 Comments
Mickey Randall returns to his theme of Sports Day postulating the origins of the triple jump. He concludes that the ancient suffering of the event, for both officials and athletes, lives on.
Almanac Life: Right Then, It Was Perfect
February 18, 2026 by 2 Comments
Mickey Randall shares with us an exquisite weekend of enjoying the Bay Discovery Centre, a film, and his son Alex’s 18th birthday
Mystery Pub: How Happily Wrong We Were
January 27, 2026 by 5 Comments
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.
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