1979 – Transitions
1979 – Transitions Why is it that our expectations are so often dashed? Do we hope for more than is realistic to expect, or is [...]
1978 – It Began With Spam
1978 – It began with Spam For a post-war child in England, there were various foods you wanted but couldn’t get, and others you didn’t [...]
Convenient Histories
Convenient Histories We recently spent a day visiting Maldon, a historic village in Central Victoria. It’s Main Street comprises a higgledy-piggledy mix of old shops, [...]
1976 – Apple
1976 – Apple You know the old joke: the world is divided into to two kinds of people, those who believe there are two kinds [...]
Gold
Gold One of the familiar ways in which Australia is described is it is ‘a farm, a hotel and a quarry’. The farm part is [...]
1975 – Off We Go
1975 – Off We Go When I was thirty years old, I decided a move overseas would be exciting, an adventure. It was more than [...]
1974 – Discovery and Disappearance
1974 – Discovery and Disappearance This was the year of two contrasting and extra-ordinary events. Thousands of men were discovered in 1974, and at the [...]