My highlights for 2016 were all musical. The major highlight occurred on 20 October in the John Curtin Hotel at the bottom of Lygon Street in Melbourne. Continue reading
Author Archives: Les Everett
2016: a year of consolidation and dissolution by Nick Gye
The Top 20 musicians we lost in 2016 that I will miss the most* by Polly Coufos
We begin the annual australianrules.com.au best-of series in a melancholy mood with a reminder of what we lost in the world of music…
The ultimate in upsizing by Richard Jones
A look at The Founder…
THERE can’t be too many people in the western world, or indeed in many other nations worldwide, who haven’t chowed down on a McDonald’s Big Mac and fries.
So it’s a bit of a mind-stretching exercise to find out all about Ray Kroc, the man who franchised the fast food chain across the globe resulting in today’s 35,000 outlets. Continue reading
Looking back at our sports grounds
Subiaco Oval 1937
Even in the very early days of the Swan River Colony there was a need for a sports ground on which to play cricket, run horse races and other contests. Initially a piece of flat, relatively clear ground in East Perth, roughly where Queens Gardens is today, was used for cricket and horse races were run on the downs in Fremantle. Slowly, as the population grew, better facilities for various sports were developed. Continue reading
What might come out of the WAFL by Les Everett
Subi’s Liam Ryan gives them the slip. All photos by Les Everett
The 2016 WAFL season was historic with Peel winning their first premiership. That result, or more accurately, the make-up of Peel’s grand final team is likely to lead to changes in the eligibility of AFL-listed players in WAFL finals. But that’s another discussion.
Right now AFL clubs will be thinking about the WAFL for another reason – the possibility of extracting readymade gems from this potentially rich recruiting ground. Continue reading
Mel helms drama-filled three-act war epic by Richard Jones
A look at Hacksaw Ridge (MA)…
WE haven’t seen an offering from Aussie Mel Gibson in his role as a director for just on a decade. Continue reading
Banks under the gun by Richard Jones
A look at Hell Or High Water…
I’VE always loved movies where locations are filmed in the Wild West, no matter in which era they’re set. Continue reading
WAFL fairest & best 2016
Five of this year’s winners are at their original WAFL club, four have played in the AFL and two are from interstate.
Sully: an unlikely airline hero by Richard Jones
A look at Sully...
I DON’T believe any regular travellers, or travellers of any kind really, will ever forget those images of the downed American airliner in New York’s Hudson River a few years back. Continue reading
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