Larry Jones soars above the clouds in gyroplanes, ultralights and microlights, and with flipancy the dad-joke tellers of this world comment that he flies lawnmowers. The funny thing is, in the 1970s he really did pick up old lawmowers in the Trading Post and put the engines on hang gliders. It progressed to old VW engines. Some claimed madness, others a trace of the spirit of … [Read more...] about The Flying lawnmowers
From perming to combing the coast
It was 4am and Peter Schirmer confronted someone breaking into a building in Goolwa. He pinned him to the floor, but he couldn't see his other hand so he didn't know whether the perpetrator had a gun, knife or a syringe. “Just another crackhead,” Peter explains. “No drama; the police came quickly.” It was like talking to a hard-nosed, tough movie character like Charles Bronson … [Read more...] about From perming to combing the coast
Best seat in the house
Festival Fleurieu 2017 is unwittingly delivering a fabulous similarity with a tune so many of us have loved over the past 50 years – Play School. You know it: “There's a bear in there, and a chair as well, there are people with games, and stories to tell...” It makes you feel young; good inside, but the difference here is that our western region is about to show off more than … [Read more...] about Best seat in the house
March 2017
There’s a lot of harmony in the kitchen
Australia will further celebrate its multiculturalism with Harmony Day on Tuesday, March 21, and what a better way to embrace different cultures than to use the language of food. About 10 south coast students from an excellent ESL program (English as a second language) at the Encounter Centre, Victor Harbor have written a brief resume and presented a recipe from their homeland … [Read more...] about There’s a lot of harmony in the kitchen