In a move that will rock the sporting globe to its foundations, magazine publishing billionaire, Jed Hawkins, today announced that his new “Heart of Rugby” company will launch its inaugural competition that combines the talents of Australia’s finest Rugby League and Rugby Union players in 2026. Hawkins made the announcement to a shocked group of journalists, sports pundits … [Read more...]
Dar Es Salaam to Zanzibar – reviewing a short (but lonely) journey
Intrepid (sissy) expat Aussie traveler, Socrates, steps back in time to review his journey from the capital of Tanzania, Dar Es Salaam to the extraordinary island of Zanzibar. I say my goodbyes to Hanneke on the doorstep of the dilapidated guest house where we were staying while in Dar Es Salaam. “I’m going to Zanzibar,” I tell her. “I might come to Zanzibar,” she … [Read more...]
To Jambiani – Exploring Zanzibar (travel destination review)
I stood in the doorway of my Zanzibar guest house room and gawked at the figure who had knocked on my door and was now standing in the hotel corridor outside. “I've come to Zanzibar,” she said, despite only hours earlier, on a doorstep in Dar Es Salaam, letting me know that her travel plans did not include accompanying me to Zanzibar but would lead her south to … [Read more...]
Mysteries of Surfing
I’ve been trying to learn how to surf now for around thirty years. I like to surf. No. Let’s take that a step further. I love to surf. Do I call myself a surfer? No. A surfer is an athlete who has acquired a specific qualifying level of competence and skill at the act of surfing. I am one person who has not achieved that requisite standard... but, despite loving the act of … [Read more...]
Greatest cheats ever Contender No. 2 – 2000 Paralympic Spanish Intellectually Disabled Basketball Team
Who were the greatest… most egregious… most vile… most talented cheaters in the history of sport? Socrates announces his list of favourites. Number two, but only by a whisker, is the Sydney 2000 Paralympics Spanish Intellectually Disabled Basketball team. When it comes to singling out the world’s worst cheat one would think that Emperor Nero, discussed in our first … [Read more...]