September 19 is the anniversary of the first start of John Harms’s first ever horse, the great mare Courting Pleasure, known as Dog on Fire, or just The Dog. She started at Murtoa in the Wimmera region of Victoria.
Rabbit in the Vineyard – 33 Olympic Moments: Gold
September 19, 2024 by 2 Comments
While South Sydney flailed away during season 2024, Rabbit in the Vineyard found consolation in compiling golden moments from the Olympic Games.
2024 NRL Finals – Week 2: You gotta love footy!
September 19, 2024 by 5 Comments
Week 1 Finals Well, after the first five minutes of the first final Penrith certainly looked on song and serious about their finals series. To’o scored a try that was just too easy and clearly the Panthers had no hang ups from the previous weeks as they rushed to their second try through Tago in [Read more]
NRL Finals Week 2 and NRLW Round 9: Panthers and Storm confirm Grand Final favouritism
September 19, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Ian Hauser is expecting a Penrith v Melbourne grand final. But there’ll be plenty of footy to enjoy before we reach the decider early next month. Here are his tips for this weekend.
Almanac (Creative) Footy: In the drinks break with the rovers
September 18, 2024 by 6 Comments
Carolyn Spooner matches the game’s best rovers with a drink that expresses their unique qualities as players. (Creative and clever – Ed.)
Almanac Footy: Clint’s Streak
September 17, 2024 by 14 Comments
Damian Balassone remembers his school mate Clint and his incredible winning streak in obtaining tickets to the Grand Final over many years. Clint went to extraordinary lengths to gain tickets as Damian recalls.
Almanac Cricket (Opinion): Too many T20s are never enough
September 16, 2024 by 6 Comments
Pithy, pointed and pertinent – Peter Crossing pins the pervading pestilence of T20 cricket.
Almanac Teams: Brownlow Medallists Who Went to Another Club
September 16, 2024 by 8 Comments
With the Brownlow Medal a week away, Rodney Boyd pulls together a team of past winners who left their clubs after achieving Brownlow glory.
Almanac Poetry: Memento Mori
September 16, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Kevin Densley’s latest poem is a previously unpublished, blackly comic one about mortality.
Grand Final – AFL Footy Fixture 2024: Who, where, and when
September 15, 2024 by 2 Comments
Find out who, where, and when are playing in the 1st and 2nd Preliminary Finals AFL season 2024
Almanac Footy: WAFL Preliminary Final Preview – Swan River
September 14, 2024 by 7 Comments
Do or die for Peter Baulderstone’s Swan Districts in Sunday’s WAFL Preliminary Final against the AFL interlopers from Peel via Fremantle Dockers.
Almanac Music: Decades of Excellence and Joy
September 14, 2024 by 7 Comments
Ian Wilson reviews two great DVDs of two great bands – Midnight Oil and Talking Heads.
Almanac Book Review: ‘Top Gun: The Real Story’
September 14, 2024 by Leave a Comment
RagingBull (Callum Quirk) reviews Dan Pedersen’s book ‘Top Gun: The Real Story’, a book he believes to be one of the best real-life accounts he has read.
Almanac Sausage Roll Review: Ocean Street Bakehouse, Victor Harbor
September 13, 2024 by 18 Comments
While in Victor Harbor Mickey Randall seeks out the local sausage roll, and provides his tasting review of the said roll.
Finals Week 2 – Sal’s Preview, and tips for Flemington
September 13, 2024 by 1 Comment
Sal Ciardulli after his fabulous overseas trip has settled back in with his tips for the AFL Finals Week 2, and his tips for the races at Flemington. Sal also examines home ground advantage of AFL teams.
Almanac Book Launch – ‘Painting Martha’ by Andy Thurlow
September 12, 2024 by 2 Comments
Recently we reviewed Andy Thurlow’s first novel ‘Painting Martha’. Today Andy tells us about the background of both his novel and two of his earlier biographies which have been updated and will be re-launched in the Barossa on September 22.
NRL Round 27 – Rabbit in the Vineyard: Better things to do on a Friday night
September 12, 2024 by 3 Comments
Rabbit in the Vineyard had better places to be, better things to do, and better things to appreciate when South Sydney played their last game of the season last weekend. (I’d happily be elsewhere too if these wines were on offer – Ed.)
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