Over the past week, my wife and I have travelled south alongside 250kms of the Mekong River. We followed the river through the northeastern region of Thailand, watching the mountainous regions of western Laos across the river as we drove.

If you find yourself in northern Thailand, and are fit & active, it might be worth visiting the home of the mythological giant snake known as ‘Naga’ – located in Thailand’s Phu Langka national park.

Over the past 40 years an Australian archaeologist has helped Thailand rediscover the glory days of its former ceramic production and exporting industry, and in the process has forged a strong bond between Australia and the people of a central Thailand region. First visiting Thailand in 1977, South Australian archaeologist…

Former Australian radio station owner, broadcaster and engineer Vic Blackwood has passed away at his home in regional Victoria, says his wife in a post on Facebook. In the 1980s, Vic was encouraged by radio programmer John Brennan to move from the engineering department at 2UE into an on air…

The crew from the early years at Triple M Sydney held their 40-year staff reunion at The Oaks Hotel in Neutral Bay on Friday 4th November 2022 — delayed by two years due to COVID. My brother Robbie Wood and I (representatives of the post-Rod Muir ownership era) managed to…

Today we visited Petersham’s historic hotel. Opened in 1886. Originally named after aristocrat, British politician and then Governor of NSW, Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire, Lord Carrington — the Lord Carrington Hotel. Seven years before arriving in Sydney, Lord Carrington married Cecilia Margaret at Whitehall’s Chapel Royal before…

“The doctor has told me that I’ve only got a few months to live…maybe 6 months, max”. That’s how Terry McDermott broke the devastating news to my wife and I that he was battling cancer. It was July 2020 when we bumped into Terry at the Watsons Bay Hotel. At…

The Parramatta to Carlingford 5.7km cycleway has been constructed alongside the new Parramatta Light Rail and follows the former rail line from Carlingford to Camellia. In recent weeks, workers from the Parramatta City Council have been adding the finishing touches to the cycleway by constructing signage, adding line markings and…

The most unbelievable start to a game of rugby league that I was ever involved in happened at Dolphin Oval on Queensland Cup grand final day in 2002. 9,000 footy fans turned up to watch the Redcliffe Dolphins play the Ipswich Jets — the two teams had played in a…