Day 3   As I have a coffee and read the paper on the way to work this morning I stared out at the the huge black limousine of the (local mafia chief ?) whose story will doubtless appear in future “underbelly” TV shows. His faultlessly clean and mirror-like polished car is always parked in(…)

The second day of my last week at Quest Newspapers started out pretty quiet with only one pending story but was waiting on a source. But I did get to see my pieces that got a run in the paper, I had my favourite segment from last week ‘Anatomy of a Champion’ published in a(…)

I plotted the very direct route to Ipswich, from Kenmore, by tagging(and numbering) the pages in my map book. And I took a trip to Ipswich a few days before my internship was due to start – to check my travel time. But I still managed to be two crucial minutes late on DAY 1.(…)

Gonna find my baby, gonna hold her tight… For the past two days, I have volunteered at a community radio station down at Victor Harbor (a beach town about an hour out of rAdelaide). Now, while it hasn’t been as intense as my two week internship at the sunday paper, it certainly has been interesting(…)

I cannot explain how unusual my internship has been thus far. 5.30pm the Sunday before I hadn’t set foot inside The Morning Bulletin and I had encountered a multitude of unusual situations.  Firstly I was propositioned by a drunk at 8.30am. He just wanted my number, you know “in case he ever needed it”. I wondered(…)

I’ve had this blog written for well over a week now but being technologically deprived I’ve just worked out how to use the blog. As I’m sure you all already know my first week of holidays involved my show Limbus which I wrote (apparently) and directed (poorly) going to Melbourne.  It was a part of LaTrobe(…)

Ok, so, there may be a small chance that the list of interesting weaponry it a tad misleading, but hey, it sure made my title more interesting, and certainly kept me awake today. And now you’re stuck reading my blog.  Yesterday started quite early for me – at (very briefly) about 3am, 3.30am, and properly(…)

First blog since last Tuesday because my internet at home crashed 🙁  My first week at Quest was quite a good experience and I understand why people think one week is too short for an internship because towards the end of the week I began to get into the routine of getting things done and(…)

Day 1   The Age   I have been in Melbourne for a week now working on my boat, giving her some much needed TLC after being abandoned and neglected for 10 months.  I also needed to fill my apartment with supplies.  Oddly, the relative chill of Melbourne is at once comforting and confronting.  The(…)

So my last couple of days at the QT were nice and busy. Vox pops, story photo shots, some heavy rain and attending the local hospital. I was assigned a story at the local hospital about one of the food service workers receiving an award for excellence. Rachel Nolan, state MP for Ipswich was there.(…)

My final two days passed in a whirlwind of learning curves, successes, failures and phone calls. Thursday night my sister had dragged me shopping, a horror all to its self. But on the upside, I was able to swagger into the office on Friday with lovely new shoes. So with my feet feeling rather pretty,(…)

My last day began as any other normal day except the Gods decided that it would be tops to turn on the rain for me to walk to work in. Luckily, I’d purchased a extremely good quality umbrella and raced back to the room so I wouldn’t look like a sewer rat when I arrived.(…)