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[1 June 2021] Many years ago we had a neighbour in a wheelchair for a few months. He was seemingly independent and lived on his own. He would come home…

What better way to spend a Sunday morning than walking from Rifle Range Look-out to Magic Rock, east of Warrnambool and (sort of) part of The Great Ocean Road. It…

Nature favours the number 3 in a fundamental way. There are three main types of stable particles: the proton, the neutron, and the electron. These are the three building blocks…

 “My name is Marvin, as in Marvin Gaye”, the hipster said as I sat down in his consulting chair. “There you go, now you’ll never forget my name.” The fetching…

“Oh, so this year you can wear your very own sprig of rosemary on Anzac Day”, my neighbour remarked as I was scratching about in our new herb garden. I…

This morning was a sunny beach morning in Warrnambool. On my walk, total strangers insisted to embroider on the beauty of the day. Me? I was just focusing on keeping…

“It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description. Machu Picchu, for instance, seems to demand silence, like a love affair you can never talk about. For a…

[9 September 2019]  Was it my age? Was it my cheerful smile? Was it that I looked a little lost? Or was the friendly CityLink bus driver just sharing the…

 [31 July 2019]   Over 500 keys and some 200 stops to control the ranks of nearly 10 000 pipes. This marvel of a musical instrument, originally built in 1929 and situated…

[21 July 2019]   Life is full of surprises, thankfully often of the positive kind. The production of Les Misérables by the combined Warrnambool Theatre Company and Holiday Actors is one of…