On January 26 1788, the ‘First Fleet’ under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip landed in Sydney Cove. Today, January 26 is celebrated as ‘Australia Day’, but has also been known down the years as ‘Foundation Day’. Many indigenous Australians mark the day as ‘Invasion Day’, the day that British settlers began the destruction of…
Below: actor Jack Thompson Anyone who knows me at all would know of the affinity that I have for the Blue Mountains area in NSW. For the past little while I have taken groups of tourists and foreign students on tours of the Blue Mountains, concentrating mainly on areas around Katoomba and Jenolan caves. As…
Miranda Devine, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald is ruing the death of common sense in regard to protests against the kangaroo cull in Australia’s capital city, Canberra. While families mourn the loss of loved ones following the earthquake in China, and the typhoon in Myanmar (Burma), protesters in Canberra mourn the so called ‘murder’…
Jack Gibson passed away last night. I’d say that the vast majority of my readers would never have heard of Jack, but he sure made an impact on me. Jack took on the NRL (National Rugby League) team that I have been following since my school days, The Sydney Roosters (then Eastern Suburbs Roosters) as…
