I took my camera to Leederville Oval for the WAFL round eight East Perth–Subiaco game. Just a bit of an experiment with my Olympus OMD that is, in my unskilled hands at least, a but clunky for live sport action.
There were issues
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Watching the derby while still in a slight general anaesthetic fog was not a recommended or reliable recovery step.
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Nothing ever happens in Perth on Tuesdays nights. Perth’s Tuesday ennui is legendary. Even in Tasmania they tell touring bands “you won’t get them (Perth) to mosh on a Tuesday.”
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Steve Marsh launched my book Gravel Rash: 100 Years of Goldfields Football at the Orient Hotel in Fremantle in 1996.
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I almost had a Nicky Winmar photo moment. It was after the semi final between St Kilda and Melbourne at the MCG in 1998. Led by Jeff Farmer with four goals, the Demons won by 51 points and put the Saints season to an end.
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A look at One Life (R)
Most of us have read, listened to or watched all sorts of stories and recollections about World War 2 heroes and heroines. But it wasn’t until 1988 that the full story of the man who saved the lives of 669 Jewish children from German Nazi WW2 horror camps came to light.
Continue readingA look at Napoleon (R)
Not many directors nowadays would contemplate making a movie about the life of Napoleon Bonaparte – battles and political conflicts included. But, then again, Ridley Scott is no ordinary director.
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In the early 2000s from our homes in Williamstown (Victoria) and Fremantle (Western Australia) Vin Maskell and I started doing the same thing – taking photos of footy scoreboards.
We were alerted to the coincidence by mutual acquaintance and author of many fine footy books Paul Daffey, who said something like: “Do you know there’s a bloke on the other side of the country doing the same stupid thing as you?”
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It’s the type of sound best consumed via dodgy headphones or to accompany long drives. Poignant to those dwelling and driving in the longest city in the world, tickets sold out fast, and eager attendees lined up early on the night.
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Teacher Education, Sport, Australian Rules Football,
Every scoreboard tells a story
A Song. A Place. A Time.
With the first dog chosen in the AFL Canine Draft
escape to the Vasse idyll
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