This video from Condé Nast Traveller features seventy people of different nationalities saying what the most common stereotypical perception of their country is. Some of them concede that sometimes a stereotype is a stereotype for a reason. And sadly, we don’t all ride kangaroos. Though sometimes we see them hopping down our main street. I’m …
Hillbilly Elegy was on a number of ‘best books’ in 2016. I found a copy in a remainder bookstore when I was on holidays and am reading it this week. It’s an introduction to a culture that seems alien to modern sensitivities in this age that champions the marginalised, but can’t quite figure out what …
Akos Balogh writes a blog where he sees the world through a Christian lens. He lives in Lismore. In this piece he writes about a reflection provoked by his experience of trying to keep floodwaters out of his house. From the post, the lesson and the life application: Our house is built on the side …
If you’ve never heard Leonard Teale’s rendition of Banjo Paterson’s A Bush Christening you’re missing out. Sometime I’ll post his The Man From Snowy River.
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