Brisbane

Brisbane – dead boring or just plain dead?

Date: October 18th, 2005 | 7 comments

Poor Brissie is back where some say it belongs - as the butt of a joke. A recent book declared the city to be simultaneously boring and dangerous. The tongue-in-cheek book has some tourism officials once again defending against the boring moniker. I gotta be honest - I tend to agree with [read more]

State of Origin III - Game Time

Date: July 6th, 2005 | No Comments

QLD nearly turned attack into tragedy with a dodgy kick by Lockyer run back by Minichello for an almost certain score. A great tackle by Matty Bowen to save a try, but how did QLD not score?! So much pressure but great NSW defense. Love this stuff!
After all the early pressure on both lines, NSW [read more]

Christmas cheer without the beer

Date: November 19th, 2004 | No Comments

No alcohol will be allowed during the annual backpacker Christmas Day party on Australia’s Bondi Beach, which attracts 40,000 people, after hundreds of often drunken revelers had to be rescued from the surf last year.
From Christmas cheer without the beer
I understand where they are coming from, but what is Christmas at Bondi without some [read more]

Too Much Stuff

Date: September 27th, 2004 | No Comments

I’m leaving the country in less than 24 hours and I’ve come to the realization that I have too much stuff. When I returned from the US just over a year ago I had one huge bag stuffed full and a backpack that was mostly empty. Now I’ve got the same huge bag stuffed even [read more]

Extreme Sunday

Date: September 13th, 2004 | 10 comments

Sunday was a perfect way to end a fairly quiet weekend. It started off with breakfast at the very civilised hour of 10am at Pandemonium Café in the very trendy suburb of Paddington. I was joined by Paul, Ging and Bronathon and, after a quiet start and a couple of excellent coffees we were off [read more]

State of Origin III - Second Half

Date: July 6th, 2005 | No Comments

NSW score. 24-0.
Early pressure from QLD came to naught and once again NSW go down the other end of the field and Andrew Johns pulls a few strings and the Blues score. Can’t see QLD coming back from here. They just haven’t shown anything that makes me think they can score.
NSW score. 28-0.
Sloppy play by [read more]

The Decider

Date: July 6th, 2005 | No Comments

Let the war begin! Game just kicked off in the third and deciding State of Origin game of rugby league. Queensland has started well putting real pressure on the NSW line with consecutive sets of six. Go the R [read more]

So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Boo Hoo…

Date: September 27th, 2004 | 7 comments

Well, Chrisso, today’s the day… and dammit if you didn’t let us have a Sound of Music farewell party [though the clowns surely sufficed?!], at least I deserve to paraphrase…
Chrisso, Chrisso, Chrisso, you are but a star. You turned up in my world at a, er, fairly fragile time, and BANG, you, unknowingly helped me [read more]

Pipe Dreams

Date: September 24th, 2004 | 7 comments

Awhile ago, Sean suggested that I left a present in the pipes of the BnA office. Well, I think I’ve outdone myself here at BnA Oz…
Great big hole
Watch your step
What actually happened was my brother accidently hit the toilet pipe while he was jackhammering the concrete path. It had to be replaced by the white [read more]

Touch Footy Grand Final

Date: September 2nd, 2004 | 3 comments

After two solid days of rain, the powers that be decided that our touch footy grand final would go ahead as planned. Driving out there I was alternately struggling to see out the windscreen of the car and being blinded by massive lightning strikes, one of which blew out about 100 metres worth of street [read more]