Nukarni, Western Australia
There’s not much at Nukarni these days. The footy club still exists but is based in nearby Merredin.
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The Dressmaker’s scoreboard, Jung Recreation Reserve, Victoria
The Dressmaker, the gorgeous new film directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse and starring Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Sarah Snook, Hugo Weaving and many more, includes an early scene of a game of country… Continue reading
Newdegate, Western Australia
Final score Photos and text by Les Everett At first glance the scoreboard at Newdegate looked a common summer sight. There were a lot of digits. It could have been a fantasy score… Continue reading
Northam, Henry Street Oval, Western Australia
A sign just out of town tells us Northam is 99km from Perth… and it’s the last stop before you hit the city on the train journey from Kalgoorlie-Boulder. On the day of… Continue reading
Having a hit on Instagram
There can be disappointments out on the road searching for scoreboards… digital scoreboards, blank scoreboards, boring scoreboards and, worst of all, no scoreboard at all. But out in the bush there’s a constant… Continue reading
Pickering Brook, Western Australia
There’s a beautiful tree-lined oval at Pickering Brook. We visited on a horrible windy wet Sunday to see the Hawks take on Gidgegannup in the final home and away game of the season.… Continue reading
Hamilton in a hurry, Victoria
We were in a hurry. We had a new battery in the old car but still not confident. (The rest of the engine had just clocked up 396,000 kilometres.) Julie went to get… Continue reading
Robe, South Australia
Robe is a coastal holiday town in south-east South Australia. Near Kingston SE. Near the Coorong. Not far from Penola and Naracoorte. Footy, cricket, netball, tennis, golf and the cemetery are all gathered… Continue reading
Adelaide Oval through the ages
I didn’t drive 730 kilometres on a hot day in a car with no air-conditioning and a dud battery to then be evicted from the hill at the Adelaide Oval, under the gaze… Continue reading
Mundijong, Western Australia
The Mundijong Centrals have been part of the Peel Football League since 1992 but they’ve been around for a lot longer than that. There were games played as far back as 1904 and… Continue reading
South Yarra, Como Park, Victoria
Como Park is in the news. It’s dangerous… deemed by insurers to be a ‘catastrophic risk’ according to a story in the Weekend Australian. The story is by Gideon Haigh, a player with… Continue reading