It’s chook that connects us…and footy, and a drink or two. (Mighty fine profile of a Grand Final day wherever it may be. People from everywhere somehow bringing something of themselves, their heritage, their place, to a new location – Ed)
The cobra and the condominium
September 16, 2013 by 11 Comments
Condominium living with two young boys is to be imprisoned within an endless St Kilda players’ function- minus the moments of deep introspection, and wholesome civic values. It’s occasionally beyond challenging. It’s at the heart of our predicament. To stay in Singapore or head home?
The All-rounder, Davo’s Drop and Another Ball of the Century
July 11, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Very easy to relate to these cricket characters.
How football cost us the 2005 Ashes
June 29, 2013 by 9 Comments
A crackerjack piece from Mickey Randall which will grab anyone who’s ever ducked over to Europe for a while. This is how Australians experience the world and its cricket. [A ripper, and sure to trigger some memories in all of us – Ed]
AFL Round 7 – Adelaide v GWS: Dangerfield and the Rickenbacker guitar
May 14, 2013 by 11 Comments
Patrick Dangerfield is the opening chord of A Hard Day’s Night by The Beatles.
Scenes from Silly Point
March 30, 2013 by 6 Comments
Mickey Randall tells the tale of a cricket game on a hot afternoon on the Yorke Peninsula.
From Croke Park to Vicarage Road is a one hour flight with Ryanair
March 18, 2013 by 6 Comments
Like a buzzing beer garden in twilight, All Ireland Football Championship quarterfinal day at Dublin’s Croke Park is fantastic. During our family tour of Ireland, France and Italy, we see a conclave of cathedrals but with O’Keefe ancestry in County Cork, this becomes a special pilgrimage. And while it’s Dublin and Roscommon clashing, a vivid [Read more]
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