Struck down by the lurgi

The Goons and their legacy ©Warren Nunn, May 1991 HAVE you ever wondered what people are talking  about when they say they are suffering from the dreaded lurgi? Perhaps most use the term because they heard it from a family member. The fact that it came from The Goon...

Frank Stewart and Central Queensland’s racing history

Callaghan Park and thoroughbreds Warren Nunn, September 1983 ROCKHAMPTON.- Not too many racegoers would know much about the deeds of the former galloper First Demon. But a photograph of the 1893 Rockhampton Handicap winner is a prize possession of the Central...

Sully’s stumped some of the best

Waddya cryin’ for ©Warren Nunn, September 1983 “Waddya cryin’ for” is a phrase that local, state and test cricketers around Australia would have heard over the years from Sully… probably the nation’s No 1 barracker. Few know the man as anything other than...