Articles by Bob Gosford

Time passes but on the southern Gold Coast men still go down to the sea in small boats to catch the Flathead Mullet. Peter Shaw remembers.

Do we need more evangelical cheerleading and yelling about “catching the cheats” from politicians and supporters of a confected “war on doping” or some commonsense and critical reflection that makes athletes part of the solution – not all of the the problem?

When my beloved Stetson Open Road is all worn-out and consigned to the hat-rack it is time to return to the source for a new model, so it is off to Arizona Hatters in Tucson, Arizona for a visit.

It is a long way from being a naked, dusty three year old thrown from a car wreck on a lonely Northern Territory outback road to starring on the silver screen at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013. But Australian actress Lillie Claire needs a hand – and a few bucks – to help her get there.

A day in the American south-west with Owls that burrow and stand around in the daylight and an Ibis of remarkable beauty.

Sometimes birds are hard to find. Sometimes not. Bob Gosford takes two steps from his bed and finds an ornithorium of wonder and beauty.

Central Land Council Director David Ross: self-determination has been “bastardised and shoved into the closet” by governments. He issues a forceful call for Aboriginal people to reclaim the concept of self-determination on their own terms.

What is a dead bird worth? Bob Gosford talks to Dr. Nate Rice of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia about his life and work with 200,000 dead birds.

The Keep River Kite reckons that the NT’s new mandatory rehab scheme for repeat drunks will be just another “wild, failed scheme” doomed for failure.

Waiting for ASADA … Australian anti-doping administration as absurdist theatre …