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...
Creative Coast councillor’s bottling idea

Creative Coast councillor’s bottling idea

By Warren Nunn Beer brewed on Coorooman Creek near Emu Park by a Livingstone Shire Councillor. No, it’s not a planned new project, but rather it was a less-than-successful business that operated 100-plus years ago. It was one of many ventures of a man named...

Yes, it really did snow in Central Queensland

By Warren Nunn Chafed lips and knuckles that cracked and bled. That was what some of us experienced growing up in Central Queensland during the 1960s. July 1965 was particularly frigid with light snow falling in the Springsure area and around Mackay as well. Fast...