History tells us journalists … and officials … make mistakes
By Warren Nunn (a journalist who makes mistakes) As a journalist, I pride myself on making sure I get my facts straight. In reality, no matter how hard to I try, I do make mistakes. My mistakes (and there have been many) have often been from lack of attention to...
Do not fret …
By Warren Nunn Fret not.. what does that mean to you? By looking at the meaning of the word, you get the idea that when you fret, you allow something to worry you. Other descriptions suggest annoyance and discontent. You could allow some situation or some person to...
Reflecting on Anzac Day Dawn Service
By Warren Nunn For more than 100 years, Australians have been gathering in multiple locations on Anzac Day, April 25, to remember those who served our nation. Initially it was to honour those who fell in World War 1, particularly on the beaches of Gallipoli. I joined...
Gordon David (Bunny) Nunn, family man and extraordinary athlete
©Warren Nunn (First published 8 Jan 2015 on oznunns.com). Bunny Nunn. Gordon David (Bunny) NUNN (1927-2008), the son of Victor Burnie NUNN and Eliza Heather DOBBIE, was one of Australia’s leading sportsmen of the 1940s and 50s. His success as a football (soccer)...
Christmas generosity blesses struggling villagers
Warren Nunn A few lines in an English newspaper highlight the extraordinary generosity of a gentleman that blessed several Suffolk villagers who may otherwise have had a miserable Christmas. In December 1852 (and again the following year), William Francis Farmer,...
Swamp Fox Tony Joe White passes into eternity
Warren Nunn (Updated 4 Nov 2018 with links to tributes. Scroll to bottom of article) It's a hot October morning in Brisbane. I open my email program to a message that Tony Joe White has died at 75. It's only a handful of weeks since I received in the mail a copy of...
Links to articles published elsewhere
Since having been made redundant from Queensland Newspapers in 2013, I have been writing part-time for two Christian organisations ... Creation Ministries International and radio station 96five. There follows links to articles I have had published with them: Creation...
Retracing my tracks across the Nullarbor Plain
Warren Nunn Long rail journeys such as the trek across the Nullarbor Plain used to be something one had to “suffer” to travel throughout Australia. It now takes about 41 hours (including stops) on the Indian Pacific to travel the 2669km between Adelaide and Perth...
The gifts inside that shouldn’t be locked away
Warren Nunn An art exhibition now on display in Brisbane is an expression of the talents of various individuals with a shared, but not-so-common experience. They are prisoners—individuals removed from society for a time—but, given the opportunity to express...
It was no picnic out in the bush for Bororen
But this tough galloper kept on winning Warren Nunn The wonderful achievements of the brilliant racehorse Winx was given an amusing twist recently when my former Courier-Mail colleague Rob Craddock wrote a lovely article that mentioned the achievements of the...