PinnedDeclan DurrantThe Casey’s CrocThe O’Connell River: In the calm, early summer breeze on the far outskirts of the sugarcane town of Proserpine in north Queensland, John…5 min read·Oct 13, 2022----
PinnedDeclan DurrantThe Last Bush PoetCampbell Irvine was waiting for me at the bus stop. He wore a blue slicker and the tattered remnants of one bonnet on top of another…10 min read·Jul 5, 2022----
Declan Durrant“Cojones And A Death Wish” or; What It Takes To Be A Rally RacerMiles Junior and I slalomed between the bollards at somewhere between 70 and 80 kilometres per hour, and he shouted, “We’re not going to…5 min read·Apr 4, 2022----
Declan DurrantIs Kevin Bloody Wilson Just Saying What We’re All Thinking?“Thank you, Bowen, you’ve felt like home,” Dennis Bryant, or more commonly known by his nom de guerre, Kevin Bloody Wilson, said to the…5 min read·Feb 24, 2022----
Declan DurrantErnest Hemingway & Midnight in Paris: A Discourse on NostalgiaThere are strangely few mentions of Ernest Hemingway’s novel ‘A Moveable Feast’ in connection with Woody Allen’s 2011 film ‘Midnight in…7 min read·Mar 31, 2021----
Declan DurrantStephen King: The Endurance of HorrorWith the recent release of Stephen King’s Later, Declan Durrant takes an opportunity to look at Stephen King’s seemingly unending tenacity.5 min read·Mar 28, 2021----