By Brett | Published:
Thursday, 27th August, 2009
The torrential rains over night have stopped, main street Naracoorte is slowly filling with the sound of steel tray utes and beef road trains.
I am 10 minutes late for my first day at the Herald….shit!!
This is the production team my boss tells me, work station carrels, lay out sheets and the smooth grey laminate of [...]
By Brett | Published:
Tuesday, 18th August, 2009
I had taken the back way, a long and descending trek down Jubilee Tce and around Mt Coot-tha towards Ipswich on the journey home. For as long as I remember country radio had never been my taste, but today it would all seem too fitting.
After a short trip around Ipswich heading north when I should [...]
I just got the joke in the Style book about clichés. It’s not subtlle either, I just wasn’t looking for it. It’s pretty good.
Excerpt from News Ltd Style Book Third Edition
CLICHES
These should be avoided (like the plague).
End Except.
Get it? Get it!? ‘Cause it’s a cliché! I think it was the brackets (or parentheses, much similar, [...]
Pretty much any old fool would think he could survive back in his own country after a spell in the Orient. However, there are a few details to being a returning expat in Brisbane.
1. Remember traffic lights are there for a reason in this country. Crossing the road and weaving through traffic doesn’t work back [...]
The saying ‘a smile costs nothing’ has become so clichéd it brings a frown to my face.
I don’t wish to be controlled at the best of times, let alone be forced by social conformity to show kindness to complete strangers. If I don’t know you, do not expect to be greeted by me. If I wish [...]
By Reija | Published:
Monday, 10th August, 2009
Every time I spend some time abroad I come to realize what a great place my home country is.
Australian seems to be so far behind in so many things and they are most patriotic people I’ve ever met. (Except maybe American) It makes me appreciate more my country and where I come from. Australia is [...]
What do you associate Japan with? – Sushi, Tempura, Geisha, Ninja, high-technology, the world’s second largest economy, Tokyo – one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world, Kyoto – a beautiful historic city…
However, if you were in Japan now, you might not enjoy them whether you were in Tokyo or in Kyoto.
You could find [...]
By 09-mcrae | Published:
Sunday, 9th August, 2009
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25904631-12377,00.html
Bush crash? Desley could teach them a thing or two.
By 09-mcrae | Published:
Sunday, 9th August, 2009
I believe congratulations are in order for Bretty after being the first 09 Jschooler to get a job.
As I think everyone already knows Brett is heading to South Australia to head the Naracourt(?) newspaper’s sports section.
It will take some time to fill the gap he will leave but I’m sure if we can find a [...]