Racing pacers at Callaghan Park

Warren Nunn Back in the 1970s, I had a connection to harness racing (trots) as part of a syndicate that raced two pacers – Bunalbo and Raiology. Both were trained by a work colleague, John Wedmaier, who had a background in animal husbandry and was The Morning...

The Swamp Fox, Tony Joe White

Tony Joe White at the Byron Bay Blues Festival in 1999 Warren Nunn THE jukebox in the corner of the smoky bar in Bosnia plays only one kind of music. The singer, in a drawl from somewhere near the heart of America’s Deep South, tells the drinkers tales of...

Tony Joe White

Written in 1997 after Tony Joe appeared on the show Club Buggery with comedians Roy and HG Warren Nunn Tony Joe White had an interesting encounter with two of Australia’s more eccentric comics when he appeared on the Club Buggery show on Saturday, April 12,...

Gerard Krefft

The sad case of Gerard Krefft and how the Australian Museum spins his story (and history) ©Warren Nunn (First published 29 January 2016. Updated 9 October 2016. Further update 30 July 2018) Johann Ludwig Gerard Krefft was a dedicated and celebrated scientist who...

Heart for healing music

Louis Vigouroux © Warren Nunn September 2004. See notes below.* THE old man sat astride a low stone seat and lovingly caressed the ancient-looking instrument’s strings. He readily greeted a passing couple and in a smiling, gracious manner, spontaneously put on an...

The cliffside is alive

Nerida De Jong ©Warren Nunn, 2004 IF ever there were an artist’s utopia, Saint-Cirq-Lapopie is it. Perched on the cliffside overlooking the Lot River in southwest France, the once-deserted village first became a haven for struggling artists in the 1950s. More recently...