MARINE RESCUE With the holiday period over, it is worth reflecting on the activities of our local Marine Rescue Groups. The Margaret River group, over a six week period, attended approximately 10 … [Read more...]
BRUCE AND JAN MAC-published July 2021
Bruce and Jan Macaulay recently relocated from Gracetown to Parkwater and because Viv and I could not attend a gathering held to celebrate their time in The Bay, I penned a few words to our second mum … [Read more...]
BARRA BOY-KING OF IVANHOE-published June 2021
When travelling throughout WA for 6 months, living mostly in caravan parks for long periods, you inevitably meet an array of travellers, workers, families, grey nomads, back packers, all with a … [Read more...]
BEWARE THE WEST SWELL – published in Aug/MR Mail 28/4/2021
It started out as a perfect autumn Saturday morning. I had just had taken possession of a new boat trailer for my 4.2m Stessco, dropped it onto the sand and was preparing for a messy trailer … [Read more...]
RENNAISSANCE OF A KNEELO?- published in Aug/MR Mail 24/2/2021
RENNAISSAINCE OF A KNEELO? On my 60th birthday recently, my son woke me at 5am to announce he was taking me out for a surf, something I had not done in over three years. Not sure why it had been so … [Read more...]
The Legend of Dick- published in Augusta/Margaret River Mail 6/1/2021
THE LEGEND OF DICK I was running a skippers ticket course in Busselton recently when we had some particularly nasty weather. The clients were apprehensive about doing the practical, so to put a … [Read more...]