The Big Bash loomed large for me this week. Continue reading
The best gig of 2016 by song list rat
There is a lame joke that goes: An angel walked into a bar… Continue reading
A dozen of the best: Top Twelve movies for 2016 by Richard Jones
WE’VE seen a number of really good movies this year mainly in our own central Victorian multiplex but with a couple viewed in Sydney and Melbourne during breaks at annual writers’ festivals. Continue reading
Best of 2016 in no apparent order by Sean Gorman
Books
Old Scores by David Whish Wilson. Continue reading
2016 in Review by Dean Schulze
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
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
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