My love for the World Cup (the FIFA/soccer/football version, that is) has been well documented on this blog, so it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise that I have already registered my interest to be a volunteer if the tournament does get down to Australia in 2022. And now, to do my bit for …
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My favourite Aussie animal gets $8 million
Here's something unusual: a good news story from the media. It's about my favourite Australian animal so I just have to share it. We're not talking koalas or kangaroos, although I'm rather partial to them too - but my favourite is the humble wombat. That's me holding one at Caversham Wildlife Park a …
Cultural icons II: Australia has a castle, too!
Seems I'm going through a phase for musing on Aussie icons, and after I professed my love for Vegemite last week I'm moving on to Aussie film culture with a truly classic Australian film, The Castle. You can get a taste for it in this YouTube clip but you really need to see it all and even then, …