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Our Matron
Every year around this time, we leave our classrooms and walk out to the front of Dimboola Memorial High School, where we join our teachers and visitors wearing soldiers’ medals on their suit jackets...
Gerard Dean
6 days ago1 min read


Oh no! Not Shakespeare Day!
Old Bill Shakespeare was not well regarded in my classroom, although my teacher disagreed... Read the full story in Wayback by Gerard Dean...
Gerard Dean
6 days ago1 min read


What Could be Easier?
It seemed like a good idea at the time - but was making an iconic slab-sided German Tiger tank as easy as I thought it would be? Read the full story in Der Tiger by Gerard Dean...
Gerard Dean
Apr 191 min read


Our Guardian Angels
Usually, I brave imaginary black snakes dropping from the roof or a huge emu kicking the toilet door in, but tonight there is an extra hazard... Find out more in Wayback...
Gerard Dean
Apr 91 min read


Makin' Tracks!
Do you have a spare year with nothing planned? Read the full story in Der Tiger by Gerard Dean...
Gerard Dean
Apr 21 min read


Geoff Griffith’s FJ Ute To The Rescue
How did Geoff Griffith’s FJ Ute save my life? Read the full story in Wayback...
Gerard Dean
Mar 261 min read


A Devine Lesson
Mrs Devine announces the name of today’s poem, My Last Duchess, by Robert Browning. It is the dumbest poem you could ever read…
Gerard Dean
Mar 205 min read


Not Brains - Just Guts
When a new boy arrives from Melbourne, he quickly has to learn what all Wimmera boys need...
Gerard Dean
Mar 131 min read


The Top Five Things I LOVE About eBooks
I LOVE eBooks!!! And here are my top five reasons why...
EJ Fredrickson
Mar 23 min read


The Mysterious Disappearance of Veerp the Sheep
We are sitting down to our favourite meal of lamb chops, peas, beans and mashed potato when Kristen asks a question...
EJ Fredrickson
Feb 241 min read


My 'Cricket Bat' Moment...
There are times in all our our lives when everybody needs a 'cricket bat' moment! (Thanks, Uncle Jim!) 🏏
EJ Fredrickson
Feb 170 min read


Awesome Books I have Edited: Wayback By Gerard Dean
Wayback, by Australian author Gerard Dean is a memoir with a difference...
EJ Fredrickson
Feb 23 min read


Granma Schaefer’s Joke
Our Granma wasn’t renowned for her sense of humour. But, she did have one joke that became a classic amongst her grandchildren...
Gerard Dean
Jan 281 min read


South of the Netting Fence
Gerard Dean's review of South of the Netting Fence by Ron Dodds
Gerard Dean
Jan 212 min read


Can You Judge Wayback by its Cover?
Can you judge Gerard Dean's memoir, Wayback, by its cover? Read on to find out...
Gerard Dean
Jan 62 min read


Penguin Books Betrays Australian Soldiers!
They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. But we all do when we see the front cover of Nick Lloyd’s epic The Western Front on the bookshop shelf...
Gerard Dean
Jan 20 min read


A Christmas Carrot
‘Gerard and Joe said they are shooting reindeer tonight... they might shoot at Santa’s reindeer. Then he won’t bring our Christmas presents down the chimney...’
Gerard Dean
Dec 24, 20256 min read


Old McDonald’s Farm
In the wheelbarrow, there’s an enormous baby with huge black eyes, a pink head with no hair and a white nappy around his tummy... He looks strangely familiar...
Gerard Dean
Nov 4, 20252 min read


The Dimboola Sufferers’ Club
This is a story from "Wayback" about the day the Dimboola Sufferers' Club had to decide whether to accept a new member... But had he suffered enough?
Gerard Dean
Oct 27, 20253 min read
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