Dear Friends, Four and multiples thereof have always been my favourite numbers - and this year I turned 84! I guess I have to admit I’m getting old! However, I enjoy robust good health and am thankful to God for that. I still suffer from a highly unpredictable bowel, as the only ongoing medical impediment … Continue reading Christmas Letter – 2025
Tag: Cricket
A Test in Two Days
I find it hard to believe that in a period of seventy two hours I have flown across Australia twice (there and back) and observed a scheduled five day cricket Test Match which only lasted two days.The shortest Ashes Test match since 1888! I left home at 4:30 AM on Friday morning. Flew to Perth … Continue reading A Test in Two Days
Cricket: As Explained to a Foreigner…
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in, and the next man goes in until he's out. This process continues, effectively cycling through the players, making the game dynamic and strategic. When they are … Continue reading Cricket: As Explained to a Foreigner…
Christmas Letter
Christmas Letter- 2024 Here I am on Christmas Eve, again prompted to review my decision to break the annual habit, by the receipt of welcome epistles from so many others. My personal doings are mostly included in my online journal (jdoboyd.com). These include my Birdsville via Wagga trip with two other octogenarians in May/June. In very … Continue reading Christmas Letter
Pastoral Pursuits – Reviews
2WEB Radio Interview - 31 January, 2026 Press Play to listen in full. When Australia Rode on The Sheep’s Back– David Boyd’s book captures a unique chapter in our history Click the image below to open full article in PDF. The Western Herald - 5 February, 2026 Outback Magazine - A Very Kind Review Active … Continue reading Pastoral Pursuits – Reviews
Cricket Tragic Heads to Lord’s for the Fifth Time
After Australia’s exciting win at Edgbaston (First Test) I am on my long planned visit to London with the major attraction being the Lord’s Test. Many months ago, with the pandemic still upmost in people’s thinking, I decided to not travel by my usual Sydney/Hong Kong/London route, but try the Sydney/Perth/ London direct route with … Continue reading Cricket Tragic Heads to Lord’s for the Fifth Time
An Active Life
David Boyd Uncategorized May 29, 2021 2 Minutes An Active Life In an email to a friend yesterday I wrote the following- “I am physically fine, but the need to search for the desired word is mentally frustrating. A close friend who was told by one medico that she had Alzheimer’s and has hugely improved when another said … Continue reading An Active Life
THE TRIUMPH OF IDEOLOGY
JOHN CARROLLThe success of Australia as a flourishing, dynamic and prosperous democracy has had social cohesion as one of its backstays. Signs are that this fruitful cohesion may be coming under hazardous pressure, pressure that began in the Covid years and is being exacerbated by a dissociation between the political class and the needs of … Continue reading THE TRIUMPH OF IDEOLOGY
Outback Opera – Blog Log
In May 2022 I made a BIG 16-day trip by road from Sydney to western QLD. I was motivated by a desire to enjoy quality music in the outdoors including soprano Greta Bradman and to observe much of inland Australia looking its best in seasonal terms. This is a nostalgic account of the trip and … Continue reading Outback Opera – Blog Log
Warnie
As an admitted “cricket tragic” I have been shocked by the sudden death of Shane Warne. Particularly so soon after the passing of Rod Marsh. It was my pleasure to have met both. I accosted Warne when he was standing alone, having a smoke, beneath that spaceship like Media Stand at Lord's. I don't recall … Continue reading Warnie
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