Dennis Gedling reports from Wellington on a day when Josh Hazlewood emerged as an all-rounder.
Almanac Cricket – NZ v Aust, First Test: Day 2 – Green and Hazel favourite colours
March 1, 2024 by 6 Comments
A crook Citrus Bob Utber missed the end of the Aussie innings but was there to watch New Zealand get off to a disastrous start on Day 2 of the First Test in Wellington.
Almanac Cricket: Pomborneit CC Weekly Wrap
March 1, 2024 by 2 Comments
Wins, losses and junior premiership reunions (featuring 2 former AFL players) in another big week at the Pomborneit Cricket Club.
Almanac Cricket – NZ v Aust, First Test: Aotearoa Dispatches
March 1, 2024 by 2 Comments
Dennis Gedling and his mates make a pilgrimage to one of Test cricket’s great grounds – The Basin.
Almanac Films: ‘The Zone of Interest’ – Having Genocide as your Neighbour
March 1, 2024 by 9 Comments
Ian Wilson reviews a movie about the holocaust, ‘The Zone of Interest’ directed by Jonathan Glazer, and he was both impressed and moved by the movie.
Almanac Music: ‘Rooms on Fire’: Songs about Houses and Rooms
March 1, 2024 by 227 Comments
In this Friday’s music piece, KD deals with songs about the spaces in which we live – houses, flats, apartments and the rooms within. As usual, readers’ contributions are warmly welcomed.
Almanac Cricket: NZ v Aus, First Test – Windy Welli
February 29, 2024 by 6 Comments
After leaving a 45degree Mildura, Citrus Bob wonders whether he should have packed more clothes for a cool and windy Wellington as he watched Cameron Green score a memorable century on the first day’s play of the First Test against New Zealand.
NRL – Rabbit in the Vineyard: Round 1 Preview
February 29, 2024 by 2 Comments
Rabbit in the Vineyard is doing his best to get over the South Sydney’s’ capitulation in the second half of 2023. He’s got some pretty good ideas on how they might improve. And he’s ready to tune into their opener against Manly, live from Las Vegas.
NRL – Prop among the Canefields: You Gotta Love Footy – Round Zero
February 29, 2024 by 4 Comments
In the first of his columns, Prop among the Canefields turns the superior mind of the front row to give us a bookend’s look at the pre-season. He also predicts what’s to come.
Almanac Rugby League: Join the 2024 NRL Tipping Comp
February 29, 2024 by 3 Comments
The winner of the Footy Almanac 2023 NRL Tipping Comp has been announced. And the 2024 comp is now open.
NRL Round 1: Viva Las Vegas!
February 29, 2024 by 1 Comment
‘And now for something completely different’, as they used to say in Monty Python terminology. Rugby League comes to Las Vegas to kick off the 2024 NRL season.
‘Old Ungarie boy finds his niche in Yarra…’ by KB Hill
February 29, 2024 by 1 Comment
Kyle Archibald is a bit of an ‘everywhere man’ when it comes to his playing career. But Ungarie and Yarrawonga have been central to it all. KB Hill caught up with Kyle recently.
Almanac Super Rugby Pacific: In the doldrums
February 28, 2024 by 1 Comment
The discourse around rugby is gloomy, and Brian the Ruminator senses the roubles. “But,” he writes, “it’s the sense of helplessness that many of us in the rugby fraternity feel. It’s hard to see a circuit breaker.” Here are his thoughts after the first round.
Almanac Poetry: Golf 1
February 27, 2024 by 7 Comments
Michael Pardy has returned to golf after a break of 20 years. Beautiful game he says, and as a result, he has neglected his writing, so Michael has remedied that by writing golf poems. Here is his first golf poem.
Almanac Music: ‘1971 – The year that music changed everything’
February 27, 2024 by 8 Comments
‘1971 – The year that music changed everything’ is an excellent TV series, and together with its soundtrack brought back many memories of the time for Col.
Almanac Teams: One Test Players
February 26, 2024 by 19 Comments
Rounding out his series of cricket-related teams for 2024, Rodney Boyd takes a deep dive into those who played just one Test for Australia – and some who played just the solitary match for other nations too.
Almanac Life: The Western Ring Road
February 26, 2024 by 10 Comments
The Western Ring Road should come with its own set of health warnings, as Smokie explains. [It’s unknown if Keith Miller ever spent enough time on the road to compare notes on pressure – Ed.]
Almanac Poetry: The Arnolfini Divorce
February 26, 2024 by 4 Comments
In this week’s poem, previously unpublished, Kevin Densley takes a famous fifteenth century European painting as the starting point for a twentieth century Australian immigration story.
Almanac Sport: Coodabeen Champions, eh? The irony is, they are.
February 26, 2024 by 20 Comments
The Coodabeen Champions have retired. Gigs pays tribute to this wonderful institution.
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