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Lobster Omelet with Mace & Red Peppercorns

A big man, tanned and snowy haired, he has spent four days in solitary sport amongst the massive south swell that has swept up the coast

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after the funeral

The Lady from Amsterdam

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the rhodesian swimmer

Years ago somebody put names to those two boulders that define the way out off the Mona Vale pool when the conditions are too big to contemplate paddling out from the beach.

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the fight, an english beating, unpunctuated.

Everyman should know what a brutal beating entails, if he's fortunate enough to remember the details.

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cape horn, ear rings and eating with your feet on the table

That suave chap over there drinking a soy caff lat with skim - the one with an ear ring - he needs respect.

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tangiers in 1964, without punctuation. the dancing boys.

so we wandered away deeper into this city that william s burroughs loved so hard looking for any imprint kerouac made but beaches aren't solid on permanence are they.

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surfers who work ~ drugs of choice

The taking of drugs during the working day is completely unacceptable and is not condoned by the writer, except ..... /read on

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Paul Fisher shows us that all you need is water

Mr Fisher and his friends find fast water

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tangiers in 1964

Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs and the beaches of Tangiers.

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the nimbin route from byron

The Hippy buses from Byron to Nimbin - an observation of the life within.

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the balconies

So hard to resist the welcome breath of a summer north-easter, and the allure of that bone white arc of Bondi.

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anzacs, and the battalions of the aged

Australia's day of remembrance

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the remembering and the telling

catching waves, where does it feel best - in the remembering or in the telling

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pleasing her

bar poems

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pleasing you

Women in underwear singing pop songs - bar poems

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filicudes of fivedock ~ a saga in 3 parts ~ chapt 3

The Bankers, the Griffith businessmen, the fighter and his entourage all engage in the carnage of the closing scenes - there will be blood.

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filicudes of fivedock ~ a saga in 3 parts ~ chapt 2

part 2 - the fighter arrives unexpectedly, the kitchen is in uproar, the dogs must be fed.

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filicudes of fivedock ~ a saga in 3 parts ~ chapt 1

a saga of great proportions, and everybody is an italian - it ends in guns. a revisit.

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ocean racing yachts, an insider’s view

100 foot long, 40 knots and into the weather -

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the harvest cafe at newrybar and chef shannon – his bottle and his knife.

The Harvest Cafe stands just a little south of the Bangalow turn-off and is the only offering of fine food on the highway ..... It is recommended for a superior nosh either going to or coming from the border points.

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