Former billionaire works as tour guide
Djelko starts his free walking tour atop a park bench beside a busy street in Belgrade. Behind him, expensive cars speed noisily by. Overhead, the sky is blue, cloudless. The young Serb is lanky, thin faced and bespectacled. He wears sneakers, baggy jeans and a green t-shirt that says ‘Save the Earth – it’s the only place with plums’. Oh, and he used to be a billionaire. He says, “I know what you’re thinking. Why is a former billionaire giving free... Read More
Future bright for Khalid after tough start
From civil war in Somalia to the lazy Central Coast suburb of Wyoming, Somali-born Khalid Ugaas’s life has been dramatically split between two continents, cultures and lifestyles. The softly-spoken 30-year-old business student has come through harsh circumstances to find peace in Australia. Finally, the skies look bright. Khalid, one of 11 children to Ogaden-born parents, lost four siblings to malnutrition early in life. His family spent seven years in a UN refugee camp in Kenya... Read More
Peace and serenity at Lake Maroon
“How’s the serenity” Darryl Kerrigan from the ever so famous Australian flick, The Castle, said. And he was right, I don’t know about Bonnie Doon but I do know about the peacefulness of the Australian landscape. A visit to Lake Maroon Holiday Park near Boonah was a camping trip I will never forget. It was supposed to rain all weekend; everyone thought we were crazy to go camping in a possible torrential downpour. We postponed the trip by one day, leaving on Saturday... Read More
Magistrate warns on pay-wave risks after man’s spending spree with lost card
A Brisbane magistrate has criticised tap-and-go technology after a man went on a shopping spree when he found a debit card outside a supermarket. The court was told Colin Leslie Saunders used the no-PIN pay-pass facility to obtain goods illegally after finding the card at a Newmarket shopping centre. Wendy Cull, SM, said the pay-wave system was too easy to misuse. Saunders, 56, unemployed of Wooloowin, pleaded guilty to charges of theft and fraud after using the card to... Read More