Gather Round – North Melbourne v Brisbane: My Unicycle Tyre is Flat

April 15, 2026 by 5 Comments

In Gather Round Mickey Randall circumnavigated the ground once known as Lyndoch Oval, but now recast for the viniculturally vulnerable of the eastern seaboard as Barossa Park. The highlight of his day’s journey lay elsewhere – a desolate Womma train station.

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NRL Round 1 – Sharks v Rabbitohs: A report from Rabbit in the Vineyard

March 7, 2023 by 2 Comments

Russel Hansen has moved from Brisbane to the Barossa and morphed from Rabbitoh Russ to The Rabbit in the Vineyard. (Lucky bugger! – Ed.) Suitably fortified with the best of local cuisine, he took in South Sydney’s first game of the year.

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Almanac (Under 13) Soccer – Barossa United v Adelaide Comets: The greatest nil-all draw of all time

August 2, 2022 by 4 Comments

John Harms reports on a classic game of Under 13 soccer between Barosssa United and the Adelaide Comets.

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Homeward Bound

June 15, 2018 by Leave a Comment

After the heat and dust of the Red Centre, Col is having a few days R&R in wet and windy Nuriootpa in the Barossa as he contemplates the run home for the Bombers.

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Home on the Grange

March 9, 2015 by 12 Comments

Football, cricket, Weber BBQs and Penfolds Grange Hermitage. Mickey Randall ponders aloud if you can you have too much of a good thing?

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