Here’s another great item from Michael Madigan, the writer from Brisbane who is frequently featured in the Winnipeg Free Press. A lad from the farm stunned elite runners with his amazing fitness, winning the gruelling 875 km race. A true Aussie yarn worth telling in print, and now on the screen.
BRISBANE — In 1983, a 61-year-old Australian farmer won the Sydney to Melbourne ultra-marathon and the nation fell in love with its own Forrest Gump. Continue reading
Down under music fans will be familiar with Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly. He will play here in Winnipeg on Monday with guest Dan Kelly at the Windsor Hotel, May 6 at 9 p.m. Tickets are $20 at www.ticketweb.ca, Into the Music and Music Trader. Continue reading
DUCW club member and director of the Assiniboine Park Zoo, Tim Sinclair-Smith, has decided to leave Winnipeg to take his family back home to Australia. He has been very involved in the biggest changes seen at the zoo, still under construction.
We enjoyed the energy and participation of the family in our club activities, and were happy to have him on board with us. The club will be gathering at the zoo on June 15th for a special morning tour.
Read the article in the Free Press here: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/zookeeper-leaving-assiniboine-park-for-oz-205729221.html
We look forward to seeing all of you at the upcoming ANZAC Day ceremony on Saturday, April 27th. Please check the calendar for complete details.
BRISBANE — St. Patrick’s Day is a day much given to political blarney Down Under, but it also is a reminder of a past in which Irish enmities played a big part in daily life.
Former labour prime minister Kevin Rudd, for example, used a speech at Brisbane’s Irish Club to proclaim his Irish roots. Continue reading