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Thanks for the Rescue!

The other day while at the beach I looked skyward on hearing the drone of an approaching helicopter gas turbine engine, and accompanying “chopping” sound of its rotors. The helicopter slowed, hovered and then a harness was lowered down by cable...

Bruce Stewart

21 hours ago

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Father’s Day – Celebrating the Preciousness of Relationships

Nurse Sue Kidd who was on duty at a local hospital on a bleak winter’s evening and she recounts a story of a patient, “I stood in the nurses station on the seventh floor and glanced at the clock. It was 9.00pm. I threw a stethoscope around my...

Bruce Stewart

04 Sep 2025

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Earthquake Warning!

At 9.49am on Saturday 16th of August 2025 I was sitting at the kitchen table of our holiday accommodation unit on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast when the building began to shudder. I soon realised we were in the midst of an earthquake and it was not...

Bridge Contributors

28 Aug 2025

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The Fabulous Green and Gold

On April 19th 1984, the green and gold colours were officially declared Australia’s national sports colours by the then Governor-General, Sir Ninian Stephen. Since then the colours have been used by our national sporting teams, including our...

Bruce Stewart

21 Aug 2025

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Sometimes things are not as they seem!

I was enjoying a walk along the Loddon River near Kerang and glanced at the end of a dead branch of a tree. I looked again because the branch did not seem quite right. Sure enough, my second glance revealed a Tawny Frogmouth bird pretending to be...

Bridge Contributors

07 Aug 2025

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A Good Chocolate Story

Seeing our grandchildren, Mikayla, Joshua and Chloe, enjoying some Cadbury Chocolates very recently reminds me of the great story of one of the pioneers of modern chocolate - George Cadbury. Historians tell us that George was born in England in...

Bruce Stewart

31 Jul 2025