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The Age
03-07-2025
- Climate
- The Age
Kiama's daily miracle
'The power has just come on after a 12-hour blackout due to the truly awful weather overnight,' writes Nola Tucker of Kiama. 'Raging winds and heavy rain, nobody would've gone out, surely, but when I looked outside, there was my Herald on the steps. Just like the postman, the paper must get through. Thanks all round and I even got the Target word!' We were sorry to read about Aussie Maya Joint's (C8) defeat at Wimbledon and suspect Mick Miller of Ettalong Beach foredoomed her with his tennis elbow quip, but that hasn't stopped his ponderings: 'May I add that Maya would be double-jointed if she played doubles. I hope she knuckles down now. If so, I'll give her the thumbs-up.' Peter Reddel of Terrigal recalls that 'in the '50s, an American friend visiting my parents, mentioned going down to reception in a swank Sydney pub and asking for a comforter (C8). The receptionist firmly replied, 'We are not that sort of hotel'.' While both Peter Miniutti of Ashbury and William Galton of Hurstville Grove recommend singing Advance Australia Fair to the tune of the Gilligan's Island (C8) theme, we thought we'd visit the source: 'It was a terrible experience. The worst storm imaginable,' says Geoff Gilligan of Coogee. 'The SS Minnow was a tiny boat and no match for Mother Nature's fury, especially as it ran out of fuel after 42 miles. The only island I want to see now is Wedding Cake island.' The Liberals aren't the only ones distancing themselves from a certain hospitality company: 'I, Meri Will (of Baulkham Hills), hereby disavow any connection with Meri Vale.'
Sydney Morning Herald
03-07-2025
- Climate
- Sydney Morning Herald
Kiama's daily miracle
'The power has just come on after a 12-hour blackout due to the truly awful weather overnight,' writes Nola Tucker of Kiama. 'Raging winds and heavy rain, nobody would've gone out, surely, but when I looked outside, there was my Herald on the steps. Just like the postman, the paper must get through. Thanks all round and I even got the Target word!' We were sorry to read about Aussie Maya Joint's (C8) defeat at Wimbledon and suspect Mick Miller of Ettalong Beach foredoomed her with his tennis elbow quip, but that hasn't stopped his ponderings: 'May I add that Maya would be double-jointed if she played doubles. I hope she knuckles down now. If so, I'll give her the thumbs-up.' Peter Reddel of Terrigal recalls that 'in the '50s, an American friend visiting my parents, mentioned going down to reception in a swank Sydney pub and asking for a comforter (C8). The receptionist firmly replied, 'We are not that sort of hotel'.' While both Peter Miniutti of Ashbury and William Galton of Hurstville Grove recommend singing Advance Australia Fair to the tune of the Gilligan's Island (C8) theme, we thought we'd visit the source: 'It was a terrible experience. The worst storm imaginable,' says Geoff Gilligan of Coogee. 'The SS Minnow was a tiny boat and no match for Mother Nature's fury, especially as it ran out of fuel after 42 miles. The only island I want to see now is Wedding Cake island.' The Liberals aren't the only ones distancing themselves from a certain hospitality company: 'I, Meri Will (of Baulkham Hills), hereby disavow any connection with Meri Vale.'
The Age
01-07-2025
- The Age
Sign of the times on the home front
'Your recent interest in Burra (C8), South Australia, evoked childhood memories,' writes Phillip Moore of Middle Cove. 'During World War II, my mother took me to visit her bridesmaid who was married to the resident headmaster (and sole teacher) at Booborowie, some 50 kilometres north of Burra. The present population is a couple of hundred, and I suspect it was much the same then. We travelled by train. On the journey, we alighted twice at the wrong place and had to be redirected by the train guard. This came about because all the destination signs on the railway stations had been removed and randomly relocated because of the threat of invasion.' Pamela Kerr of Moonta Bay has more: 'The Cornish mining sites of Moonta and Burra were added to Australia's UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List in September last year. Any Column8-ers who visit will find me doing my volunteer stint at the Visitor Information Centre (the old railway station) on Thursday afternoons.' In the lead-up to Wimbledon, Mick Miller of Ettalong Beach notes that Australia's Maya Joint 'just won the Eastbourne Open tennis title. I wonder if she suffers from tennis elbow.' A number of Gilligan's Island (C8) pundits have rained on George Zivkovic's position that the SS Minnow (with a top speed of 12 knots) would only have ended up 42 miles from civilisation. Ron Schaffer of Bellevue Hill reports that ''the weather started getting rough, the tiny ship was tossed' and she was blown rapidly far off-course.' David Gordon of Cranebrook adds: 'Sixty years ago, when my father was stationed in Guntur, India, one of his subordinates was caught in a typhoon that lashed the East Coast and was swept into the Bay of Bengal. Fortunately, he was rescued — 300 km offshore! The SS Minnow may have experienced something like that, George.'
Sydney Morning Herald
01-07-2025
- Sydney Morning Herald
Sign of the times on the home front
'Your recent interest in Burra (C8), South Australia, evoked childhood memories,' writes Phillip Moore of Middle Cove. 'During World War II, my mother took me to visit her bridesmaid who was married to the resident headmaster (and sole teacher) at Booborowie, some 50 kilometres north of Burra. The present population is a couple of hundred, and I suspect it was much the same then. We travelled by train. On the journey, we alighted twice at the wrong place and had to be redirected by the train guard. This came about because all the destination signs on the railway stations had been removed and randomly relocated because of the threat of invasion.' Pamela Kerr of Moonta Bay has more: 'The Cornish mining sites of Moonta and Burra were added to Australia's UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List in September last year. Any Column8-ers who visit will find me doing my volunteer stint at the Visitor Information Centre (the old railway station) on Thursday afternoons.' In the lead-up to Wimbledon, Mick Miller of Ettalong Beach notes that Australia's Maya Joint 'just won the Eastbourne Open tennis title. I wonder if she suffers from tennis elbow.' A number of Gilligan's Island (C8) pundits have rained on George Zivkovic's position that the SS Minnow (with a top speed of 12 knots) would only have ended up 42 miles from civilisation. Ron Schaffer of Bellevue Hill reports that ''the weather started getting rough, the tiny ship was tossed' and she was blown rapidly far off-course.' David Gordon of Cranebrook adds: 'Sixty years ago, when my father was stationed in Guntur, India, one of his subordinates was caught in a typhoon that lashed the East Coast and was swept into the Bay of Bengal. Fortunately, he was rescued — 300 km offshore! The SS Minnow may have experienced something like that, George.'
