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    JOHN GASCOIGNE

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    Thwack, Thwack, Thwack
    • Thwack, Thwack, Thwack

    • Occasionally, even cricket’s lower grades throw up something remarkable. It can be a skillset maintained over a five-hour ‘day’, worthy of a stadium and onlookers numbered in the tens of thousands . . . or it may be backdrop at Angliss Reserve, Yarraville, for a dozen strollers and their off-leash dogs.

      On the season’s first day of action – the opening round having been routinely called off – there wasn’t much to write home about for this umpiring ex-journo in the Victorian Turf Cricket Associa

    Melbourne's Musical Chameleon
    • Melbourne's Musical Chameleon

    • After turning 80, composer George Dreyfus was looking for a new challenge.

    Flying high Down Under
    • Flying high Down Under

    • Trapeze artist Guang Rong Lu has balanced a lifetime of teaching more than just circus skills.

    Camp Queenscliff
    • Camp Queenscliff

    • After just a week in his job managing a holiday camp in bayside Queenscliff for urban, disadvantaged children, Tony Featherston was struck by his charges’ resilience.

    Technology Teacher
    • Technology Teacher

    • A generation is struggling with IT, but there's one-on-one help, John Gascoigne writes.

    On top of the world - Machu Picchu
    • On top of the world - Machu Picchu

    • A journey to one of the world's great tourist destinations

    Thunder in the court
    • Thunder in the court

    • Aboriginal woman talks of her Yorta Yorta people

    Looks easy enough...
    • Looks easy enough...

    • Using a public toilet isn't easy for everyone. For some it's a nightmare, and the syndrome, paruresis, is more common than you'd think. People as diverse as Oprah Winfrey and Andrew Denton have owned up to it

    Overworked and under threat
    • Overworked and under threat

    • A Melbourne taxi driver tells of the job's long hours, stresses and meagre pay.

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