Archive for December, 2012
Monday Milestone: Reflection 2012
So this is it. This is the end. Another year over, and we sit here in the final throes of 2012, waiting for the dawn of a new age. A fresh start. A blank page. Another story yet to be written. The Milestone wouldn’t be a milestone if we didn’t spend time looking back through the […]
Looks like He-Man… built like Rainbow Brite
Everyone knows the pain, that gut-wrenching feeling of loss that can only come in the immediate aftermath of Christmas. You’ve scored under the tree and spent the next 48 hours clutching your favourite new thing close to your chest, only to lose it as collateral damage during extended festivities – or to the malicious intent […]
The NFL Lines – Week 17
The AFC playoff picture is all but set, but the NFC still has a couple of pieces to be fit into a place. With a handful of games left to complete the postseason puzzle, Nick Tedeschi and Cliff Bingham turn their attention to the upcoming week 17 action. Results from Week 16 tips NT […]
Monday Milestone: Tracy
Santa never made it into Darwin Disaster struck at dawn on Christmas Day Santa never made it into Darwin A big wind came and blew the town away – Bill Cate, ‘Santa never made it into Darwin’ This Week in History: 1974, December 24 Cyclone Tracy devastates the Top End killing 71 people as […]
Eureka Competition Winner: A Tale of Two Campos
All the entries to the ‘Eureka! Making the Nut Christmas Giveaway’ are in. We’ve judged, discussed and determined the winners. Making the Nut readers are a rebellious lot, we discovered, and we enjoyed their tales of mischief and mayhem. Today we present the winners. We especially enjoyed MTN reader ‘Penshy’, who told us […]
The Riddle of Peter Siddle
Bellerive Oval mightn’t host a Test match every year, but it sure has witnessed its fair share of cricket-related controversy over the journey. As newshounds from the national tabloids froth over the potential for this week’s ball tampering non-incident to create a big enough rift between the Australian and Sri Lankan camps to fill a […]
The NFL Lines – Week 16
Two weeks to go and the playoff picture, whilst taking shape, is a long way from complete. With a number of teams walking the tightrope at this stage, Nick Tedeschi and Cliff Bingham turn their attention to the upcoming week 16 action. Results from Week 15 tips NT – 3 selections, 3 units bet, return […]
Monday Milestone: Sky’s the Limit
“The Wright Brothers flew right through the smoke screen of impossibility" – Charles Ketterling This Week in History: 1903, December 17 The Wright Brothers achieve the first ever heavier than air human flight by lifting the Wright Flyer I above the field in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, embarking upon a new frontier, and ultimately changing the […]
The simple things in life are often the best
I’ve always known Tasmanians – and Tasmania – are misunderstood by the wider Australian population. And after a couple of days in the press box above Blundstone Arena in Hobart, I have the proof. “Oh, wow, have you tried the cherries?” asks the broadsheet journalist of no-one in particular. “And the salmon. Real food. Great […]
New faces
Can't tell a Kulusakera from a Paranavitana? You're probably not on your own when it comes to struggling to name members of Sri Lanka's largely unheralded Test cricket team, but you'll have every chance of figuring it out during the next month. In case you want a little head-start before the first Test in Hobart […]
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