Gorey Things is the personal website of Michael Gorey, a writer based in Ballarat in regional Victoria, Australia. Michael writes about Australian history, politics and opinion, travel, books, food, technology and life in regional Australia. Articles cover topics including colonial history, genealogy, sport, culture and current affairs. Whether you are interested in the gold rush era, Victorian-era figures, walks and hiking trails, or simply curious opinions on life, cuisine and the world, there is something here for you.
I've developed a new family history website at www.goreyhistory.com with information about the Gorey, Burgdorf and Wassenberg families in Australia. I've built this site from scratch as a coding project with help from Claude AI. Data was migrated from the previous site which used a commercial genealogy script and ...
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Curried sausages are a hearty winter dish and this one comes with a kick, thanks to Asian Green Garden red curry simmer sauce and a South African Tikka Tandoori seasoning. ...
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Griffiths Island at Port Fairy offers a scenic walk to an historic lighthouse, providing an array of views and experiences. Griffiths Island is a scenic 37-hectare nature r...
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Cape Bridgewater is an interesting and underrated destination in the far west of Victoria near the South Australian border. I stopped there for a couple of hours today on t...
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I found a useful purpose for AI to summarise and analyse two years worth of Samsung Health data recorded by smart watch and phone. Samsung enables backup of personal data i...
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Mount Schank offers a challenging and rewarding walk south-east of Mount Gambier towards Port Macdonnell. The challenge is ascending 100 metres' elevation quickly and the r...
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Today I published my first public coding piece on GitHub ; it's a tool to convert PDF files into Markdown and JSON format for easier interrogation by AI. I'm not a coder a...
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I drove from Adelaide to Mount Gambier and Yahl today, departing at 7.30am and arriving around 2pm after three stops along the way. It was a clear run out of Adelaide with ...
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Adelaide is one of my favourite cities in Australia and I've enjoyed visiting here for a few days. I arrived on Thursday and leave on Monday morning to stay in Mount Gambie...
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