Mickey Randall returns to the Kapunda CC and is selected to play alongside childhood mates. Best you read it. [Ripper yarn – Ed]
Almanac Backyards – Dad calls backyard cricket DRS trial a success
January 28, 2019 by 18 Comments
Mickey Randall writes about the joys of a game of backyard cricket with his boys, and in particular, the workings of the DRS.
Vampire Weekend’s Hannah Hunt
January 25, 2019 by Leave a Comment
It’s an enthralling, alliterative name. Say it aloud. Hannah Hunt. It’s easy to pronounce. There’s an affable rhythm, and linguists suggest the repetition of “H” creates romantic introspection explains Mickey Randall as he falls in love with Hannah Hunt.
Four pubs and a funeral
January 13, 2019 by 11 Comments
Another fine piece from Mickey Randall on the sad (recent) day of the funeral of his mate Jeff.
Paul Kelly’s “How to Make Gravy” and me
December 21, 2018 by 18 Comments
Mickey Randall’s favourite Christmas song, Paul Kelly’s “How to Make Gravy”, is twenty-two. But it seems as though it’s been around forever. Like Love Actually, which premiered in 2003, they’re both part of the festive furniture, and signal the season’s arrival. Mickey explains.
Pub Review: The Cumberland, Glanville
December 18, 2018 by 3 Comments
So, if you’ve a raging thirst, or you want to hear one, then this pub is right there. And, should you wish, you can catch a train. Mickey Randall reviews The Cumberland Hotel in Glanville.
Pub Review: The Birkenhead Tavern, Port Adelaide
November 26, 2018 by 7 Comments
Mickey heads to the Port Riviera to take in the Birkenhead Tavern and all she has to offer.
Almanac Pub Review: Magpie and Stump, Clare Valley
November 15, 2018 by 13 Comments
Mickey Randall and family are back on the road in search of a good pub, a decent stubby holder and a Greek rejuvenation story. They find all three.
Pub Review: The Exeter, Adelaide
October 25, 2018 by 15 Comments
Mickey Randall has been to another pub! Here is his review of the Exeter in downtown Adelaide.
Pub Review: The Crown, Victor Harbor
October 4, 2018 by 13 Comments
‘If petite bread rolls are doughy joy then the frisson when these arrive fresh from the oven is seismic. Surely a clear sign of a caring god, or at least, and this is not a given in our state, reliable electricity.’ Mickey Randall gives us his hilarious take on Victor Harbour watering hole, The Crown.
Pub Review: The Pretoria, Mannum
September 18, 2018 by 13 Comments
Mickey Randall reminisces about “crossing the courts” for after school drinks.
Pub review: The Holdy, Glenelg South
September 4, 2018 by 8 Comments
As a XXXX Gold beer ambassador, the highlight for Mickey Randall was a XXXX function at the Holdfast Hotel during which he spent some time with former Australian cricket captain, Allan Border. Here is his account.
Galveston and me
August 20, 2018 by 7 Comments
How influential a song, a time, a longing for another – a longing for peace? Mickey Randall on the seminal track penned by Jimmy Webb, “Galveston”.
I’ve not left the house in four days…
August 7, 2018 by 10 Comments
‘…sitting in a medical clinic the doctor peered at the x-ray and asked, “Have you ever broken your foot?”’
Mickey Randall’s old footy injury ‘came home to roost’ recently and it was straight to surgery to sort it out.
Pub Review: Five Cups in Fremantle
July 10, 2018 by 10 Comments
Mickey Randall gives his expert review of five Freo pubs and the brews consumed at each – making your next trip to Fremantle much easier to find the best watering holes.
Cream of Cauliflower Soup and the No Repeat Workday
July 2, 2018 by 11 Comments
Mickey Randall’s most excellent trip from Adelaide to Melbourne provided many highlights, culinary and sporting alike.
Almanac Everything (including Music): Fruity Ale and a Fire Bucket
June 28, 2018 by 10 Comments
We weren’t expecting a survey like this on the Almanac pages but it certainly has merit – especially when presented within a missive which describes the sanctuary of Mickey Randall’s home.
Pub review: The Prince of Wales, Kapunda
June 12, 2018 by 9 Comments
Mickey Randall takes us back to the Prince of Wales pub, Kapunda in the days when “Puffa” Jansen was its colourful mine host. A real pub devoid of music, pokies, TV and meals; a rural watering hole where ‘to not be abused would be offensive’. Enjoy with a butcher of West End Draught!
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