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MACCA’s Useless Information
Time for a beer? I’ll get the crochet stuff. Ale’s gone all… crafty I’ve been attending barbecues since I left the womb, so I have considerable experience in the field. The early ones were probably attended in a pram, but…
Macca’s Useless Information: A Recipe for Success
Time spent in the bush with a group can be some of the most rewarding you’ll find. Hanging out, learning from each other, joking and talking about things you wouldn’t find time to chat about if you were around town.…
Maccas Useless Information: Be Alert, Not Alarmed?
Saves my life from a fire … also lets me know when dinner’s done. In 2017, everything we have seems to tell us things we already know. If you don’t believe me, start rolling forward in your vehicle without your…
Macca’s Useless Information: Don’t mention the war (I did but I think I got away with it)
I have a bit of a passive hobby that not many people know about … My hobby is to have my photo taken next to all the ‘big things’ I come across on my travels. Australia has a passion for…
Macca’s Useless Information: Elementary Logic
I was walking through the exhibits recently at a caravan show, minding my own business, not intending to eavesdrop when I heard a man’s voice say, “Your ball weight is too much”. Now I know it’s 2016 and we no…
Macca’s Useless Information – High-vis flavour lollipop man
I travel tens of thousands of kilometres every year from one end of the country to the other working on stories for all you good people to read and see. I know, I know, it’s a tough job, your sympathy…
Macca’s Useless Information: Languages
When I was a young bloke in school the academics making all the decisions to help me become a worthwhile citizen decided it paramount that I learned to speak German. To me German was about as handy as an ashtray…
Macca’s Useless Information – Out with the rules, in with common sense!
Sitting around a fire is one of, if not the most, gratifying activity one can do these days. Whether it’s cracking jokes and talking about what used to be, or contemplating life and good ole’ Donald Trump, it’s always a…
Maccas Useless Information – Talkin’ Strayan
Australia is an amazing country, it’s as full as a butcher’s pup when it comes to beauty and as far as being a place to live, well it’s a bloody bobby dazzler. The land down under is by modern worldwide…
Maccas useless information: There ain’t no flies …
Over the years I’ve met some amazing Australian bushmen and the knowledge they have to make life in the bush easy never ceases to amaze me. Nothing gives me more pleasure than the moments that present themselves that enable me to…
Maccas Useless Information
The Visionary Recently after months of family and friends nagging me to get my eyes checked, I gave in. I figured once I had visited their recommended professional I would have documented proof of my perfect eyesight. The moment I…
Macca’s Usless Information: Fears and Phobias
For as long as someone has felt afraid there’s an academic prepared to study, name and announce fears as a phobia. The outdoors presents endless possibilities of phobias, from Arachnophobia grabbing you by the throat whenever a Daddy Long…
MAKE Jimmy’s Beach Your Beach. He won’t mind!
With pristine beaches and rugged headlands, Jimmy’s Beach gives you the perfect break you need from the hustle and bustle of everyday life Words by SAM REES-JONES | Images by SAM REES-JONES & TIM SCOTT Water babies delight – just two…
Make Like a Salmon and head to Betty’s Beach
The fish make the annual migration to Betty’s Beach and so should youBy Colin Kerr The south west of Western Australia is, for many travellers, a destination in itself worth a month or more to take it all in. Albany,…
