Kevin Densley remembers that one night of the year – November 5th – when many parents allowed their kids the recreational use of small, dangerous explosives … (worthy of reprising – ed)
Almanac (Film) Reviews – ‘Bugonia’ and ‘After The Hunt’
November 4, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Ian Wilson takes us to the cinema again to review two films that attracted his attention. He wasn’t disappointed.
Almanac (Club) Cricket – Round 2: West Warrion v Tomahawk Creek
November 4, 2025 by 7 Comments
Country cricket at its best! Liam McCullagh reports on the Round 2 Colac District Cricket Association match between West Warrion CC and Tomahawk CreekCC resulting in a convincing win for the home side.
Almanac Horseracing – Cup Day Preview: can Valiant King drive us home?
November 4, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Sal’s back with a fine-toothed comb run over the field for the Melbourne Cup today.
Almanac Poetry: ‘The Race That Stopped A Nation’ by Patrick Smith
November 4, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Today is the running of one of the world’s greatest horse races, The Melbourne Cup. Patrick Smith recalls in verse the circumstances surrounding Damien Oliver’s win on Media Puzzle in 2002, ‘The Race That Stopped A Nation’.
Almanac Poetry: The Story of Fisher’s Ghost Creek
November 3, 2025 by 5 Comments
‘Tis the season (of sorts); Kevin Densley follows on from his spooky Halloween poem with a reprise of an older work on Fisher’s Ghost Creek.
The 2025 Melbourne Cup Field and an invitation to Monday evening’s digital (Teams) meeting of the tipping minds
November 3, 2025 by 4 Comments
Join the annual Almanac Melbourne Cup tipping round table, via Microsoft Teams, Monday night from 8pm EDST. Sweeps and form analysis to decide on the Almanac Trifecta.
Almanac Weather: The new BOM website
October 31, 2025 by 6 Comments
My Weather. Or The Weather. John Harms is wondering about the new BOM site.
Almanac Tributes: Vale Derek Chadwick – 22 lives on
October 31, 2025 by 5 Comments
Derek Chadwick, East Perth FC champion has passed away. Les Everett remembers his boyhood sporting hero and pays a fitting tribute to Derek Chadwick..
Kelvin Templeton: On Writing ‘Collision’
October 31, 2025 by 3 Comments
We’ll be publishing a number of pieces on Kelvin Templeton and his debut novel ‘Collision’ over the coming weeks. We start today with a few words from Kelvin on his early life as a reader and his progress along the (sometimes rocky) path towards becoming a writer. [Congratulations Kelvin – from your fellow members at The Footy Almanac]
Almanac Horseracing – Confessions of a teenage racegoer Part IV: the 1980 Golden Slipper Stakes and other Yobbo headline grabbers
October 31, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Wayne Peake provides us with another hugely entertaining excerpt from ‘Confessions of a Teenage Racegoer of the 1970s’ a section of his book ‘Sydney Racing in the 1970s’.
Almanac Book Preview – ‘The Hugamug Club’ by Andy Thurlow
October 31, 2025 by 2 Comments
Andy Thurlow provides us with the background that led to the writing of his latest book ‘The Hugamug Club’. See also details of the launch on November 27 in the Barossa Valley.
Sal’s Preview 2025: Derby Day – What will Racing Santa Bring Us?
October 31, 2025 by 3 Comments
It’s Derby Day at Flemington on Saturday and Sal Ciardulli presents his thoughts and tips for the meeting.
Almanac Poetry: All Hallows’ Eve
October 31, 2025 by 5 Comments
On October 31, for a number of years now, Kevin Densley has posted a Halloween poem on the Almanac website – here’s his latest one, written very recently. The poem offers a take on the spiritual, as opposed to gimmicky, side of All Hallows’ Eve.
Almanac Book Review – ‘Mark Waugh: the biography’ by James Knight
October 30, 2025 by 3 Comments
Cricket enthusiast Dan Hoban revisits the 2002 biography of Mark Waugh (since updated in 2023) which sets out to provide an insight into this enigmatic, wonderfully gifted player.
Almanac Rugby League – RITV: The First Ashes Test
October 30, 2025 by 4 Comments
Like most fans, Rabbit in the Vineyard found little to enthuse about after watching the Australian Kangaroos defeat England in the First Test of the 2025 rugby league Ashes series.
Almanac Rugby League – The 2025 Ashes Second Test and the Pacific Championships Week 3
October 30, 2025 by 2 Comments
There’s still action aplenty happening in rugby league with the international season in full swing. Ian Hauser keeps you up with developments in both the Ashes series and the Pacific Championships.
‘The day the Poms arrived in town…’ by KB Hill
October 30, 2025 by Leave a Comment
As the 2025/26 Ashes series approaches, KB Hill takes us back to the 1958/59 Tour when the Poms came to Wangaratta to play the Victoria Country XI.
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