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‘Light’ Verses
This poem is an example of the satirical verses published by The Bulletin to ridicule the perceived “opportunistic and self-serving†collaborative association between former political opponents (aka ‘rivals’), Sir Henry…
Full Metal Jousting: Rod Walker
This online biography of Rod Walker appears on the History.com website for the television show Full Metal Jousting. Rod, a founding member of the International Jousting Association, is one of the coaches on the show. The show is a televised jousting…
'Romance'
The long-vanished past is briefly reconfigured in this sad and poignant poem. It allows us a fleeting glimpse of what has (or may have) been, even though we find ourselves standing in the waking world “Under blue skies in a fair land. 
St George Illawarra Dragons
The St George Illawarra Dragons are a professional rugby league club based in Sydney, New South Wales. They were formed in 1998 from the merger of two previous clubs: St George Dragons and the Illawarra Steelers. The club’s logo is in the shape…
Tags: Armour, dragon, helmet, knight, logo, New South Wales, NSW, rugby, rugby league, shield, St George, St George Bank, St George Illawarra Dragons, Sydney.
Full Tilt jousting
Full Tilt is a jousting entertainment company run by Rod Walker based in the New South Wales city of Bathurst. They can be hired for events wherein performers dressed as medieval knights perform feats of swordplay before they put on a jousting…
Tags: Armour, Bathurst, costume, Full Tilt, Full Tilt Knight Riders, jousting, knight, lance, motorcycle, New South Wales, NSW, re-enactment, Rod Walker, sport, sword, tournament, video, website.
‘The Scaly Monster’
‘The Scaly Monster’ drawing shows an unruffled ‘Bloody Jack’ McElhone boarding a vessel embarking for England. This feisty Sydney alderman had a reputation for forthrightness and ‘fisticuffs,’ which was not always…
‘The Quest’ Range Wine Labels, Chalice Bridge Estate
‘The Quest’ is a wine range produced by Chalice Bridge Estate winery in Margaret River, Western Australia. The name evokes the Arthurian legend of the Quest for the Holy Grail, and this medieval association is enhanced by the elaborately…
‘The Chalice’ Range Wine Labels, Chalice Bridge Estate
‘The Chalice’ is a limited release, reserve wine range produced by Chalice Bridge Estate winery in Margaret River, Western Australia. The name evokes the legends of the Quest for the Holy Grail, and this medieval association is enhanced…
Tags: ‘The Chalice’, Arthurian legend, beverage, chalice, Chalice Bridge Estate, Chrétien de Troyes, Holy Grail, King Arthur, knight, label, legend, mantle, Margaret River, medieval imagery, Military Order, Order of the Temple, quest, templar knights, vessel, WA, Western Australia, wine, Wolfram von Eschenbach.