Tag: Wollongong

• Two Views for the Price of None

  I’m running downhill towards the railway station. I cock my wrist to see the time on my watch. It’s too close to 12:45pm for my liking. But I put my head down and keep running. I can hear my feet and my heart pounding as one. I slow down, get my student pass out. All […]

  Andrew Whalan

  February 28, 2016

  Personal

  cockatoo run, illawarra escarpment, kiama, moss vale, rail motor, summit tank, unanderra, unanderra moss vale line, Wollongong

• 3 Drownings

  Thrice I’ve nearly drowned. Twice as a child and once as an adult. I recall little of the first time. For some reason, our family had stayed overnight in Parkes New South Wales. I’m still surprised I can remember. I was only 3 or 4. Maybe it was having my first shower before going to the […]

  Andrew Whalan

  May 26, 2015

  Personal

  beach, drowning, newport australia, Parkes New South Wales, south beach, swimming, Sydney, Wollongong

• Vale Chrissie Amphlett

  It was the early ’80s, and the Cabbage Tree Patch in Wollongong was packed full. Friday night and my brother and I were out to see a band. I drew the short straw and went to get a couple of beers and nearly didn’t make it back. In the end I choose to sip my […]

  Andrew Whalan

  April 22, 2013

  Personal

  ARIA Hall of Fame, Australia, Charley Drayton, Christina Amphlett, Divinyls, I Touch Myself, Wollongong