(2016) Like Des Renford’s Swimming
Bursting with energy
like Des Renford’s swimming,
loggerhead and green turtles plunge
plump shells into water,
surfacing for breath, rhythmically
sweeping thick oars through the ocean,
frothing the surface.
(2016) Cotton Puff Cupcakes
Outside the plane window
are cotton puff clouds
encircled by ruby orange light.
(2016) Sydney Rain
Sea winds cruise overhead,
Cerulean skies, kicked red by
The bloody sun, recede.
(2016) St Thomas More and the Maseratis
From Cheyne Row’s Roman Church,
Parishioners warm to their annual
Procession, every July 7
Drawn irresistibly to the Tower.
(2016) As Aussie as Speedos
Foul, pock-faced cane toad,
ddddddd-ing diesel-motor monotony,
point blunted, brutal snout –
bone-ridge standing out.
(2016) McRae’s Reserve
Tree hide-outs,
swings, roundabouts
footie dream weaves
caterpillars in silk cocoons
adhere to sticks, festooned
on glue stuck gum-leaves.
(2016) All Is Clear Again
I disagree that dawn
And dusk are the
Supreme parts of day.
(2016) Australian Infrastructure from the Grandstands
On 1 July after twenty years on the Board, I resigned as an independent Director from the Stadium Australia Management Board after the NSW government bought out the management rights for an undisclosed sum.
(2016) Disunity is Death: Opening Speech at the ASFA Conference
Speech delivered to the opening session of the 2016 ASFA conference held in the Gold Coast Convention Centre, 9-11 November 2016.
(2016) The Easson Effect – Darren Synder
Profile published in FS Super, The Journal of Superannuation Management, Vol. 8, No. 3.