Sydney First People and a Dreaming story of the Eora (Sydney and me – Supplement 2)

This is normally the post where I’d look at the archaeological evidence of the arrival of the first or at least early humans in the area. However, in this case, a combination of factors make that too difficult an undertaking. …

Sydney in the time before humans (Sydney and me supplement one)

As it can be with other cities it’s tricky to isolate the geology of a continent to a specific area so, before I try to zoom in on Sydney, I’ll begin by taking a brief broader look at Australia’s interesting …

Notes on the XXVII Olympiad (Sydney and me addendum 2)

The Other End of the Telescope In the course of this series I’ve written about many Olympic champions – Birgit Fischer being the most recent. Some might consider it a stretch to deem Eric Moussambani Malonga (sometimes called Eric the …