Category Archives: Australia

Saying we won’t spy on you again to Indonesia

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Mark

Would I be strange in saying that we are stupid in saying to Indonesia that we won’t spy on you again. I mean it opens all sorts of issues. They could setup a massive invasion army to come and invade … Continue reading →

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Whinge Whinge Moan

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Mark

Admittedly, the Australian Post people should have checked their facts a bit better with one of their new stamp issues… I mean linking one of our greatest military victories with a country that didnt even exist at the time. How … Continue reading →

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Tragedy strikes

Posted on April 3, 2013 by mark

Last week in Melbourne… just before the Richmond vs Carlton AFL game started a tragedy struck one family who were going to the game that night. A brother and sister, Alexander and Bridget Jones, were on their way to the … Continue reading →

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The 80’s

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Mark

Recently, on facebook, I have been connecting with a ‘LOT’ of the friends I had back in Port Hedland… where I spent a significant part of my late teens and early 20’s And you know what… I miss all the … Continue reading →

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Australia Day 2010

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Mark

It’s really funny being in the UK for yet another Australia day knowing that back at home in Oz, all my friends will be out watching the fireworks down on the Swan River as I am sitting here in work. … Continue reading →

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Australia

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Mark

National pride apart… we, the Australian people, are still speaking english because people like Trooper Donaldson and others performed extrordinary deeds above and beyond the call of the average in the line of duty. We as a nation owe more … Continue reading →

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Anzac Day additional

Posted on April 26, 2008 by Mark

I just realised something… If anyone thinks that they are an Anzac and not Australian… think again… We are a hard people, we love, we laugh and we are… If there is a war anywhere in the world, we go… … Continue reading →

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