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David

  • The Gospel according to Blundstone

    Many years in the infantry taught me a great deal but perhaps the most important lesson was how to look after my feet. An infantry soldier doesn\'t get far if his feet aren\'t in good condition and in order to keep them right, boots are the most important factor.

  • Twins Towns No 2 – Tweed Heads, Coolangatta

    Tweed Heads and Coolangatta is not the only set of twin towns at border locations in Australia. Another set of twin towns which boasts an equally well established claim to fame is Albury Wodonga.

  • Finger Confidence

    The brakes slammed down hard as Dad\'s spotlight caught the maleficent eyes of the pest. My brother holds the spotlight, but his hands are frozen and, as the ute bumps across the paddock, the haze of the light jars.

  • A numb run's no fun

    No-one has ever asked me how I manage to maintain an average-looking frame in our age of indulgence and plenty. But if they did, I\'d point them to my intermittent habit of running—a source of much joy and frustration over the past decade.

  • Twin Towns No 1 – Tweed Heads, Coolangatta

    Twin Towns is the name of a large club that sits right on the border between Tweed Heads in New South Wales and Coolangatta on Queensland\'s Gold Coast.

  • Shackleton: 100 Years on

    I recently read a book re-telling the account of Ernest Shackleton\'s extraordinary Antarctic journey. I had previously heard about this incredible story at high school, but it was never fully explained in-depth, as we mainly focused on the Australian hero Sir Douglas Mawson and his trek through unchartered areas.

  • The juxtaposition of Cyclone Winston

    Tropical Cyclone Winston hammered the island nation of Fiji on February 20. ABC reports 42 Fijians are now confirmed dead and thousands are homeless.

  • Multiculturalism's positive celebration by Greek Australians

    Reverend George Capsis is a Greek Australian and a celebrated Australian Baptist Minister having at one stage been the New South Wales Baptist Evangelist travelling around the State preaching Jesus\' Salvation with his mix of humour and challenge.

  • Brother of Ohio pastor shot dead during service pleads not guilty

    The brother of an Ohio pastor who was shot and killed during a Sunday church service pleaded not guilty to the pastor\'s murder, according to court records.

  • Uncivil Disobedience

    I\'ve been following the recent news about baby Asha with a mixture of horror and disbelief—firstly with some of the frankly repugnant statements that Peter Dutton has made, but also with the fact that the Opposition seems to lack any semblance of a spine.