My first week in newspapers

My first week in newspapers

By Warren Nunn The first week of July 1972 is deeply etched into my memory mostly because that is when I started in newspaper journalism at the Rockhampton Morning Bulletin. July 1 was a Saturday and I was groomsman at my sister Denise’s wedding to Mel Morgan at...

Ayers Rock ownership exposed

Published in Gympie Times newspaper, 19 Apr 1986, p. 11. There could be some ducking and diving for cover by the Federal Government over the contents of a book about Ayers Rock, written by local author Peter B. English. “Storm Over Uluru – The Greatest...
See you in Eternity, my beloved friend

See you in Eternity, my beloved friend

By Warren Nunn Me: Goodbye my friend. John: Goodbye Warren. Hooroo. Me: I love you John. John: I love you too Warren. Bye. These are the last statements of my final conversation with John Watson, my friend of 47-plus years. He passed from this life on Thursday, 15...

Willingly wilful

And with wacky words – The Flintshire Observer, 1 May, 1857: “IN DYING, HE REMEMBERED HIS FRIENDS.”- Dr. William Dunlop, of Western Canada, left behind him an eccentric will. His silver tankard he bequeathed “to the eldest son of old...
A world awash in eucalyptus oil

A world awash in eucalyptus oil

By Warren Nunn A world-renowned, gold-medal-winning product made from lemon-scented eucalyptus leaves was once manufactured on the Capricorn Coast. For anyone who’s stopped at a small picnic area on Coorooman Creek Road, just off the Emu Park-Rockhampton road, there’s...