KD is back for 2024 with his usual Friday column. This week’s topic is songs about jewellery. As usual, readers’ responses are warmly welcomed.
Almanac Events: Test Eve Drinks and BBQ at the Adelaide Lutheran Footy Clubhouse (Jan 16)
January 9, 2024 by 1 Comment
Join in for the time-honoured Almanac Test Eve soiree at the Adelaide Lutheran Footy Club on Jan 16. Special guest Rick Darling. All welcome.
Almanac Soccer: Auf Wiedersehen, Der Kaiser
January 9, 2024 by 2 Comments
Dennis Gedling pays a fitting tribute to former soccer great Franz Beckenbauer who passed away on Sunday.
The Messiah from Moe
January 9, 2024 by 5 Comments
Damian Balassone’s latest offering, ‘The Messiah from Moe’, is a poem reflecting fitting in.
Almanac Swimming: Pier to Pub 2024
January 9, 2024 by 16 Comments
Col Ritchie presents a few thoughts as he prepares for his 23rd Lorne Pier to Pub swim on Saturday.
Almanac Footy: A bloomin’ grouse footy clinic with Tulip
January 8, 2024 by 30 Comments
Lazy Dave Clerehan on the time he met the one and only ‘Tulip’ – Robbie Flower.
Almanac Life: Football and a dog helped
January 8, 2024 by 8 Comments
Allan Barden’s friend is one of the ‘lucky ones’. A dog, a footy club and parents helped when all seemed lost to dependence. [Contains content that may be mildly confronting to some – Ed]
Almanac Poetry: Wednesday Evening, St Matthew’s Anglican Church, East Geelong
January 8, 2024 by 6 Comments
KD is back after his annual break with a poem about Evensong.
Almanac Golf: The Brown Slipper
January 4, 2024 by 20 Comments
This was published in 2012.
It tells the story of The Harms Family’s Brown Slipper in 2012.
The 2023 Brown Slipper is in Hamilton and Port Fairy next week.
Almanac Life: Discarded boots, our old car, and ‘Hotel California’
January 3, 2024 by 7 Comments
Mickey Randall discusses the transformative power specific items have had in his life.
Almanac Cinema: Thank Goodness for Ken Loach
January 1, 2024 by 9 Comments
Legendary British director Ken Loach’s most recent film ‘The Old Oak’ is one of true inspiration and a gem according to Ian Wilson.
Almanac Books: Best Sports Books I Read This Year
January 1, 2024 by 8 Comments
Peter Baulderstone nominates and reviews the best sports books he read in 2023. Add your own suggestions for Almanacker’s reading lists.
Almanac Travel: NYE in Tokyo – A Zombie Apocalypse
December 31, 2023 by 1 Comment
Ian Wilson remembers New Year’s Eve in Tokyo on a visit there ten years ago, and it was not what he was expecting.
Australia v Pakistan 2023-24: Boxing Day Test – Day 4: Great win to the Aussies
December 29, 2023 by 5 Comments
Australia win the Boxing Day Test after a spirited fight by Pakistan, Pat Cummins the star with the ball. Another classic Test match reports Citrus Bob Utber.
Australia v Pakistan 2023-24: Boxing Day Test – Day 3: The pendulum swings!
December 28, 2023 by 4 Comments
Citrus Bob Utber reports on an excellent day of Test Cricket on Day 3 of the Boxing Day Test Match against Pakistan where he saw the fortunes of both teams swinging like a pendulum.
Australia v Pakistan 2023-24: Boxing Day Test – Day 2: ‘You Gotta Have Heart’
December 27, 2023 by 4 Comments
With plenty of wickets falling the ascendency is back with the Aussies after gaining the upper hand in the last session reports Citrus Bob Utber on Day 2 of the Boxing Day Test.
Almanac Weather: The Synoptic Chart in the 1970s
December 26, 2023 by 10 Comments
John Harms spent his youth drawing The Synoptic Chart.
Australia v Pakistan 2023-24: Boxing Day Test – Day 1: Melbourne turns it on!
December 26, 2023 by 4 Comments
Honours are about even reports Citrus Bob Utber from the MCG on Day 1 of the Boxing Day Test Australia v Pakistan.
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