Wild Things

Sorry Day

Sat, 8 Nov 2008 13:58:50 +0900

After a series of emails from offended readers following my earlier comments on the signs of the country, I decided that during my drive to and from Albany this week that I would identify the more pos

Desperate Measures

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:33:10 +0800

How would you describe this house? Maybe “an interesting house with a different use of wooden cornices in a colourful lounge room with tiling that doubles as a chess board”? Or maybe you thought “Cat

Signs of the Country

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 08:38:19 +0800

I have just returned from a whirlwind tour of Bedding Retailers in the Great Southern region of Western Australia and I noticed a few things that told me I was in McCleod country. As I laid on the th

Part 2 - The Queue

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:46:30 +0800

A good cafe will have a queue. You can be lucky and wander straight to the counter but generally a deserted cafe is a bad sign. There are a few rules to queuing in an informal cafe (see previous blo

Part 1 - The Newspaper

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:57:34 +0800

There are a few things that you can be guaranteed that I will speak passionately about. These include the: importance of Wesley beating Aquinas; underrated ability of a Lada Niva; and bias of umpire