For about the last eight years I have been a regular hacker on the golf course at Mullumbimby. In that time, my game has not improved one iota. And to be brutally honest, I would have to say the same of the blokes with whom I play. Big Fella, a left-hander (“there’s me and Phil Mickelson,” he’ll boast, before hooking his drive into the brown-snake infested rough), generally … [Read more...]
Wednesday, November 30 – Croquet Club Byron Bay
On Wednesday morning I dropped by the croquet club to check out what some of the town's least well-know athletes were doing. In a sport that demands high concentration and wily strategy as well as extreme skill I found a bunch of chilled-out characters dressed in unashamedly sartorial splendour. Groovy t-shirts. Blue jeans. Hipster sandals. The latest in "active-wear" sneakers. … [Read more...]