Mount Gambier Easter Sunrise Service 2014
He is risen! The sun was a little slow making an appearance. The Son was present in power.
View ArticleSons Of Korah In Mount Gambier On June 19
Sons Of Korah return to Mount Gambier on June 19. Last year 230 folk packed mgpc to bursting point for a great night of music. They’re in a larger venue this time around, so there’s plenty of room to...
View ArticleThe Significance Of Mount Gambier’s War Memorial
The President of Mount Gambier’s Returned Services League (Bob Sandow) read the piece below at our Remembrance Day Service today. As always, it’s a privilege to be involved. SYMBOLISM OF MOUNT...
View ArticleMount Gambier Pastor’s Christmas Greeting
I wrote the article below as a Christmas greeting on behalf of our city’s pastors. It was published in our local paper today. A small note of personal amusement: I don’t title these articles, so the...
View ArticleMount Gambier Next Wednesday
Zambrero opens a store in Mount Gambier on June 17. There may be a riot. One each. (My daughter sent me the pic, taken from a communal copy of the paper at her workplace. It looks like someone started...
View Article2015 Mount Gambier Community Mayor’s Christmas Appeal
It was encouraging to attend the launch of the 2015 Mount Gambier Community Mayor’s Christmas Appeal. Representatives of both the local agencies who distribute funds and gifts, and groups who...
View ArticleThe Power Of Simple Silence
Some thoughts flowing from attendance at Remembrance Day 2015 in Mount Gambier. Published in our local paper today. For me, it’s the simplicity of silence at Remembrance Day that stands out. That point...
View ArticleMount Gambier’s National Anthem
This was playing on Adelaide’s ABC while I was out walking this morning. Pretty much sums things up around here. If you were going to move here you’d better get familiar with this. Lee Kernaghan’s I...
View ArticleMount Gambier Grieves
Four lives lost. A community grieves with their loved ones. #PutYourHardHatsOut
View ArticleThat’s Better
View from the front door at 6.50am on April 1, and at 6.50am on April 3. (Apologies to parents with children under five.)
View ArticleNot Just For Cats…
Winter in Mount Gambier is cool. Cold really. And not just for cats. For everyone.
View ArticleOfficial Mount Gambier Emoji Soon To Be Released
Among the seventy or so new emoji that will be released later this year, there is an official one in honour of our town, Mount Gambier. The emoji people aren’t exactly identifying it as such, but it’s...
View ArticleStill Probably Safer Than The Pick Avenue – Jubilee Highway Intersection
This looks like a snap compared to Mount Gambier’s notorious Jubilee Highway – Pick Avenue Intersection.
View ArticleFrosty Reception
Outdoor walk in a spring frost in Mount Gambier. Lulled into a false sense of security after my time in Queensland I didn’t wear my gloves. It took twenty minutes after I got home for proper feeling to...
View ArticleAn American In Metro
Metro Cafe in Mount Gambier has a dvd of An American In Paris (sound on mute) playing on their tv pretty much endlessly. I’ve never seen them show any other dvd, and it’s either the dvd menu or the...
View ArticleSocietal Breakdown
Why won’t people put their trolleys in the bay with the same sorts of trolleys? Some days I sort them out. If I was writing ‘Dante’s Inferno’ this would rate a special level in Hell.
View ArticleNot Quite
Mount Gambier’s record maximum is 44.1 degrees Celsius. (In 2014, I think I was doing a graveside commital that afternoon) Today we’ve reached 44.0. Close.
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