WAFL round three…
Away from home. Watching Claremont vs Perth in Jurien Bay.
I DIDN’T go to a game this weekend… work in Jurien Bay (dinkum). Turns out being away from home was all the rage… it was clean sweep for the visiting teams. Continue reading
A look at Kong: Skull Island (M)
HARD as it is to believe that a remote Pacific Ocean island is still waiting for Westerners to find and land on it, that’s a central premise behind the latest King Kong epic.
Adam Faulkner of Swan Districts looks for options while Jake Solomon, Tim Kelly and Brandon Donaldson try to put on some pressure. Photo by Les Everett.
I haven’t checked but reckon this is the first time Peel and Swan Districts have shared the top two spots on the WAFL ladder. Many felt the reigning premiers would stumble this year after everything fell into place in 2016 but they’ve started the season with two powerful victories. Meanwhile Swans have already won as many games as they did in 2016 – two. Continue reading
A look at Alone In Berlin (M)
THERE have been countless films about resistance movements and how they functioned against the fascist regimes of Germany and Italy during World War 2. Continue reading
A look at Jackie (M):
IN recent history there’s probably no better known and recorded death of a country’s leader than the 1963 assassination of US president John Kennedy. Continue reading
A look at Manchester By The Sea (M)…
IT’S never comfortable viewing to sit through a movie where family deaths underline what the characters are dealing with up on the screen. Continue reading
A look at Hidden Figures (PG)
IT’S amazing how films can prompt movie-goers into discovering stories they had absolutely no knowledge of two hours earlier. Continue reading
The Girls Academy provided the guard of honour for the Dockers.
A first AFLW win looked possible for the Dockers on Sunday at Fremantle Oval when they held top team Adelaide scoreless and led by 13 points at quarter time. Continue reading
Walking down to Fremantle Oval from my place is something I’ve done hundreds of times – going to South Fremantle games, going to see the Dockers train and sometimes play, going to see the Fremantle Women’s team, going for a kick on the oval, even going to meetings. But as I walked down on Sunday afternoon I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Continue reading
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Every scoreboard tells a story
With the first dog chosen in the AFL Canine Draft
escape to the Vasse idyll
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