C. Ganly

The second episode of the series I am doing with Racing.com went to air this week. We went to my favorite course, Newstead. I enjoyed...

I haven't posted anything for a while but I haven't been idle either. Volume IV in the series is well under way but something else has...

It's not quite "new bike day" but it's a close second - new book day. Volume III arrived from my printer today. I'm really happy with...

About 5 years ago my father (Rob) and I were working on 101 things you didn't know about Geelong. One thing led to another and Rob went...

In 2016 I published my second book, Major Mercer: No Ordinary Life. You can read more about that here: https://www.formertracks.com/post/...

For all of you out there interested in the third volume in the series, I just sent the proofs to the printer this afternoon. I expect to...

Well not really but some might think so. "What on earth is he talking about?" I know I've promised it for some time now but the final...

The Barwon Heads Road is being upgraded, and it's not before time. The problem for all of us cyclists that use it a lot is that it's not...

I've posted on a number of things in Newtown in the past years so today I thought I'd provide an update on some things that have caught...

Birregurra (Mount Gellibrand) Locations: Mount Gellibrand; Gazetted course – Lake Ayrey; Ingleby; Studbrook; Shanahan’s Happy Valley;...

I haven't posted for a while and here's the main reason why. As some who read this will know, I started working on another research...

Some time ago my father Rob, and I started working on documenting "101 things you didn't know about Geelong." Well, one thing led to...

As some readers will know I like to go riding, and here I mean “real” bike riding with me as the engine on a road bike. I have a few...

In these strange times of lock down I took Shanks’ Pony and headed out and about for some exercise. When I was out, I came across a...

There’s a small park in Newtown called “Moorak Park.” It’s on the south side of Noble Street opposite Talbot Street. I walk my dogs...

Most of us walk around our neighbourhood rarely noticing the street names. As I walk around Newtown I like to look at the street names,...

I haven’t posted here for a while and it’s not that I haven’t been busy. Real (well, my paid) work has ramped up, I’m writing my third...

Some time ago, my first post in March 2016 to be exact, I posted about a field trip I took with my Dad, Rob, to Snake Island. What I...

We’re all familiar with the standard distance markers that we see on the sides of all of our roads. They come in a range of different...

Happy New Year! Over the Christmas break I was talking with my father about some of the little or unknown pioneers of Victoria. So with...