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John van Tiggelen

John van Tiggelen is a contributor to Good Weekend and the author of Mango Country: A Journey Beyond the Brochures of Tropical Queensland. He has been published in Best Australian Essays 2001.

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A Wild Colonial Boy

John van Tiggelen

Ben Laycock buried his father on Melbourne Cup Day. The 300-odd mourners, a rather arty lot, were assured Peter Laycock wouldn’t have...

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Comment: The Burning Bush

John van Tiggelen

In the populated spots of the North, where the surrounding savannah woodlands burn off as readily and regularly and safely as sugar cane,...

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Backyard Blitz

John van Tiggelen

When Tony Gibbins comes knocking, you know you've messed up. Gibbins is the Unsightly Properties Officer with the Loddon Shire Council. It...

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The Ant & the Butterfly

John van Tiggelen

One crisp spring evening, just on dark, an older man and a middle-aged woman met on a lonely bush track to inspect a patch of scrub by...

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