Amazed at the great value, he asks the waitress: “Only $5 each for lobster tails... is that correct?” “Yes,” the young girl says. “It’s our special just for today.” And Sam says: “Well, they must be little lobster tails.” “Oh no,” the girl says, “They are really big lobster tails.” Fred says: “They must be old and tough.” The girl says: “No, really fresh.” And Sam … [Read more...] about Something’s fishy
From model aeroplanes to project runway
Geoff Eastwood recalls having the gumption to ask his dear mother on his 70th birthday whether he was conceived in a hangar during the three-month Battle of Britain during World War II. Now 74, it remains his only explanation for his amazing passion for aeroplanes. He has vivid memories of the threatening skies of war above Yorkshire, England, when his dad was 19 and worked … [Read more...] about From model aeroplanes to project runway
Heroes
As a brash young reporter for The News in 1980 the assignment was to interview the legendary Bob Quinn as part of an Anzac Day tribute presented by the Port Adelaide Football Club. The late Robert Berrima Quinn, who would have turned 100 last April, was the original Triple M having won a Magarey Medal in 1938, earned a Military Medal for courage, leadership and devotion … [Read more...] about Heroes
Rosemary’s baby
Rosemary Bennetts is one of a kind... the only person in South Australia, and possibly Australia who privately owns and runs an 18-hole championship golf course by herself. Incredibly, she does it part-time. The days she is not performing the role as a secretary/manager of the Fleurieu Golf Course at Mount Compass she is a podiatrist at McLaren Vale and Seaford. Adding to … [Read more...] about Rosemary’s baby
Yankalilla is cruisin’
The eighth annual Yankalilla Cruise on Sunday, November 15 is revvin’ up big time, and Marc Kalme, of Normanville, pictured with his dazzling 1957 Chevrolet Belair, is already starting his engine. And you probably heard it, all 600 horsepower. More than 500 classic, custom, hot roads and cars with the real steel chrome bumper bars pre-1979 will depart Castle Plaza and cruise … [Read more...] about Yankalilla is cruisin’