The Tropical Writers, a diverse and talented group of writers living in North Queensland launched their fifth anthology today called Category Five. No prizes for guessing where the name came from!! It’s a wonderful eclectic collection of poems and short stories all centred around North Queensland. The launch, held at the Havanna Music Cafe (another Continue reading
Tag: Cairns
A long time to heal
Long after a cyclone or a natural disaster the devastation still remains. Yasi’s destruction has been all but forgotten except by those who are still rebuilding their lives. The rest of us move on. I spoke to a woman recently who said she lived at Mission Beach. ‘How are you doing?’ I asked, thinking she’d Continue reading
What Qantas did for Australia
It’s a funny old world. A week ago the average Australian probably didn’t even know what Fair Work Australia was, let alone how it impacted on them. Since Alan Joyce staged his company ‘stop work meeting’, most Australians are now experts on our Industrial Relations laws. Over the last three days I’ve had animated (and Continue reading
Dave Delaney – Aussie Bush Poet
For me Bush Poetry is an integral part of the Australian landscape. It’s as important as the Simpson Desert or the Great Barrier Reef, as Aussie as a game of Two-Up on Anzac Day, and as colloquial as ‘g’day’ or ‘she’ll be right’. I’ve never been brave enough to write a bush poem, but I Continue reading
Sunday bike-ride
Locked in another hotel room for the last two nights I’ve been delving into my photos of home. It may sound crazy for a pilot, but I’m really a homebody who loves nothing more than family and friends around me, in a familiar environment. Consequently, my computer has hundreds, maybe thousands, of photos of special Continue reading
Sweet!
It’s nearing the end of the cane cutting season in Cairns and the ground is dusty as summer bears down on us. Yesterday morning, as I rode into Cairns on my pushbike, I could smell the cut cane long before I could see the harvesters at work. The sweet, green scent in the air is Continue reading
Silver Dawn
Don’t be late for training on the ski – the boys don’t wait!
Too good to drink…
Palm Cove has many hidden treasures. Eric, the Barista at The Chill Cafe, is one of those. A morning coffee takes on a new dimension when you’re torn between drinking or photographing your cappuccino. And if you drop by you’ll have a sneak preview of the setting for a chapter in Burning Lies 🙂
Trinity Turtles
There’s a wonderful band of retirees at Trinity Beach who keep the gardens on the foreshore full of vibrant colour. (Graham and I provide the muscles when required.) Yesterday we had a birthday barbie to celebrate the birthdays amongst the group in August. It was a windy but glorious day in paradise and I even Continue reading
Happy 1st Birthday Aus Lit!
A couple of weeks ago I had a fascinating chat with Steve Rossiter, the man behind The Australian Literature Review. He was in Cairns scoping out the writing scene up here. Â After our chat he headed south to Mackay to launch the latest Aus Lit Anthology – Basics of Life. I was surprised how young Continue reading