We’re all no doubt looking forward to going shopping without having to wear a mask from tomorrow. It’s true that it’s not much of an effort pulling on a mask when considered against the benefit of slowing or stopping the spread of the virus. What has stood out these past few weeks of mandatory mask wearing are the people who weren’t wearing one. They strut past you with a defiant look on their faces, while you’re scratching your head trying to guess why they decided to be that one person out of hundreds visiting your local shopping centre without a… Read more »
The Macarthur FC Bulls lost their first ever home game when they went down 2-0 to the Central Coast Mariners on Sunday. But some people reckon they also lost an opportunity to make the historic match, well, a bit more historic. From my point of view I was there to cover the match, but a few conversations with people around Macarthur since then made me have a rethink. There’s no doubt that a little bit of pomp and ceremony in the hour before the start of the match would have been well received by those at the ground and the… Read more »
We’re all no doubt looking forward to going shopping without having to wear a mask from tomorrow. It’s true that it’s not much of an effort pulling on a mask when considered against the benefit of slowing or stopping the spread of the virus. What has stood out these pastRead more »
The Macarthur FC Bulls lost their first ever home game when they went down 2-0 to the Central Coast Mariners on Sunday. But some people reckon they also lost an opportunity to make the historic match, well, a bit more historic. From my point of view I was there toRead more »
Amazing, really, to think this year is about to expire. It has been so weird we can’t even decide if it went by really slowly or like the speed of light. No doubt if we had a Top 5 of years it would sit atop the ladder, it has beenRead more »
Lockdown, quarantine, curfew, face masks, community transmission, self isolation, close contact, virus hotspots, pandemic and Covid-19 or coronavirus. It’s not all of the buzz words of phrases of 2020, but it’s a big enough list to keep us going for a while. We’ve almost had to learn a new languageRead more »
On Tuesday, December 1, a time capsule will be buried at historic Glenalvon House, which is in Lithgow Street, around the corner from the heart of Queen Street, Campbelltown, pictured above. The capsule will be opened in 100 years, in 2120, and let’s hope the people alive that year areRead more »
These border wars between our states got me thinking some of them could do with new names. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not into that cancel culture stuff. But looking at almost half of the country being called Western Australia made me think surely we can do better. And whenRead more »
It’s very sad what’s happened to humour during the pandemic. Two things actually happened to the funny side of life. One, humour is in short supply right now. And two, any current attempts at humour are not very funny. So where has humour gone, because our funny bone hasn’t goneRead more »
The greatest game of all – that’s some boast, but if it’s only a reference to the 80 minutes on the field we’d have no trouble agreeing. Mainly it’s because of the players, without a doubt the biggest asset of rugby league. Never mind the dumb antics of some ofRead more »
Many moons ago the editorial team in a local newspaper dubbed a work experience kid “Sixty Questions’’. The reason being that the kid, who was a lovely young fellow by the way, just kept asking questions of all of us, day after day for a week. I was reminded ofRead more »
It feels like we’ve been in lockdown for an eternity. But when you think about it it’s been barely a little over a month since we were told to stay home to save lives. Each day since then has seemed to have lasted for a lot longer than usual asRead more »
Remember when we got to hate 2019 so much we couldn’t wait for it to end and there’d be a collective “good riddance, you bastard’’ call across the country. First there were the water restrictions because of the drought, followed by the smoke haze that covered the metropolitan area, fromRead more »
You wouldn’t know where to start if you compiled a list of the worst things said or done since the onset of the coronavirus emergency. There would be some many candidates, including the Prime Minister, who must hugely regret saying early on, no worries, we can still go to theRead more »
