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Tamworth – a hidden gem

9 Jun 2010 The Tamworth Region is a hidden gem inviting you to discover the beauty, natural wonders and tempting flavours on offer.

Experience the Great Lakes

9 Jun 2010 Imagine this ….. your own patch of sand miles away from the crowds ….

World Champion of Champions Bowls at Norfolk

9 Jun 2010 orfolk Island is host to the 2010 World Champion of Champions. This championship differs from other singles events in that players must win...

Christmas Island – Australia’s Galapagos

9 Jun 2010 In every direction we look all we can see is red – the roads, the jungle, the footpaths, they are all one seething mass of crimson red...

IT’S ALL A QUESTION OF IDLE CURIOSITY!!!!

9 Jun 2010 BUT BEWARE OF PEOPLE FROM THE ‘HAVE A NICE DAY’ SCHOOL OF MANNERS JOHN McNAMEE REPORTS ON HOW HE TRIES TO DODGE THE DAILY INQUISITION...

WHEN IT COMES TO COLUMNS, SPIRO’S RIGHT ON TOP!!

9 Jun 2010 JOHN McNAMEE TALKS TO A UNIQUE RUGBY COMMENTATOR WHO’S ALWAYS ON THE BALL….   HE quotes obscure fourth-century  BC Chinese militar...

A Brush With Death

15 Feb 2010 How a Sydney author’s near-tragedy and a mysterious portrait led to her unravelling a fascinating family history By John McNamee Yvonn...

Vibrant Autumn in Queenstown

15 Feb 2010 As summer melts into autumn, the Central Otago landscape ignites into vibrant colour, mornings and evenings freshen and a touch of magic sce...

Hunter Valley – Australia’s Oldest Wine Region

15 Feb 2010 There’s a point in the Hunter Valley Wine Country, as you take the dirt road up Pokolbin Mountain, where you can look back at the Vall...

Flushing Out The Real Bludgers

15 Feb 2010 How a newspaper headline summed up the plight of the would-be pensioners. John McNamee Reports My attention was drawn recently to an article...

Why We’re Lagging Behind

15 Feb 2010 Seniors group welcomes tax break move for older workers and calls for health reform JOHN McNAMEE REPORTS AUSTRALIA has the lowest workforce...

Boomeritis

27 Oct 2009 Boomeritis is a term I learned several years ago while reading an article about baby boomers.

Aussie Ice Icon Under Threat!!!

27 Oct 2009 DON’T CLOSE THE DOOR ON THE BEER FRIDGE ERA!!! A FROSTY JOHN McNAMEE RAISES A TOAST TO A SACRED INSTITUTION SOME people just don’t get...

Copping it Right in the Eye!

27 Oct 2009  PENSIONERS USED AS ‘POLITICAL FOOTBALLS’ IN CATARACT DISPUTE  “ THE DOCTORS AND POLITICIANS ARE BANGING THEIR HEADS TOGETHER BUT O...

Ragu and Red Wine on a Real Roman Holiday

27 Oct 2009 JOHN McNAMEE DISCOVERS MORE THAN ANCIENT GLORY IN THE ETERNAL CITY AS we stood beside the swiftly-flowing brown torrent, the majestic loom o...

Confessions of a Committed Coffee Drinker….Or How to Order Your Favourite Cappuccino and Surive!!!!

11 Sep 2009 JOHN McNAMEE REPORTS ON A DANGEROUS DAILY MISSION I SUPPOSE when you examine it in depth, the ritual of the morning cup of coffee was never...

Gabi’s Miracle Vision – wife of Fred Hollows

11 Sep 2009 The widow of famous eye surgeon Fred Hollows explains to how she continues the global legacy SIXTEEN years on from the death of her husband...

Courageous Ladies Master The True Art Of Sport!

11 Sep 2009 FORGET THE CONTROVERSIAL SUPER-SUITS, JOHN McNAMEE MEETS TWO WOMEN WHO BRING THE REAL SPIRIT BACK INTO THE WORLD OF SWIMMING  DAWN FRASER...

A Tale of Two Buried Cities

11 Sep 2009 JOHN McNAMEE GOES BACK IN TIME IN THE ITALIAN COUNTRYSIDE TO VISIT THE EXCAVATED SITES OF OSTIA ANTICA AND POMPEII IT was mid-morning and t...

Honey and Cinnamon…

8 Jul 2009     Bet the drug companies won’t like this one getting around.

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