Jamie Dunn has buried his feet firmly in the sand as a columnist with the Daily. For two decades, Jamie has been the voice and personality of Australian TV’s most successful kids character Agro, winning 10 TV Week Logie awards. Recent entries
Caloundra stars should be preserved
But I need to draw the line somewhere. >>
Pie lady gave me curry
1 CommentsAll I wanted was something to eat. >>
B2 takes US voters out of deep freeze
Jamie Dunn's two youngest discuss the merits of the US election result. >>
Stars dry-cleaned into a black hole
Jamie Dunn urges council to consider the D grade celebrities before ripping up the Caloundra Walk of Stars. >>
The thing about promises
1 CommentsEven the best meaning men can break a promise. >>
It was a sign
Jamie Dunn gets the message >>
There's nothng like a good cup of coffee
3 CommentsAnd they can be found in the most unusual places. >>
Underdressed in stellar company
2 CommentsThe king of the fashionistas shops at Coolum! >>
God spoke to me ... twice!
How one good turn nearly had me in Heaven early. >>
The thorny side of summer
2 CommentsImpaled on a cluster of the dreaded bindii. >>
Kids can be very taxing
Welcome to life in the real world, son. >>
Now which car was mine again?
9 CommentsShopping trip ends in public shaming. >>
Careful, Pedantic Pete
3 CommentsOr I'll set my new 'man's dog' onto you. >>
I am father of the year
2 CommentsPM Cartman's education revolution has me seeing double. >>
We've won a holiday!
1 CommentsYeah right, just hang up on that Mumbai telemarketer. >>
Women drivers and call centres
These things, oh Lord, are sent to test us. >>
Stumped by a kid's motorbike
2 CommentsI would love to be a real man ... >>
Doggone good feed
1 CommentsJust a step away from the dog house at Dad's. >>
It's true, I'm a bit slow
Crossed wires get me moving. >>
That sign's talking to you
1 CommentsSons who want free puppies and restored cars. >>
Are the school holidays over yet?
1 CommentsAre any parents truly happy to have the kids home? >>
The Bermuda mobile triangle
1 CommentsStella needs a new phone and she needs it NOW. >>
Crocs, fans and a trip to the dump
6 CommentsA tantrum-throwing two-year-old and a confused fly. >>
Under-age drinking at the school formal
4 CommentsSince when did a dozen Bacardi Breezers replace a corsage? >>
Flat tyres and Voltswagons
Even a petrified pup on the back of a Kawasaki. >>
Our Kev's not so popular any more
But Brendan's still got Buckley's of leading the country. >>
The day we met Wally Lewis
1 CommentsMy son Jackson swaps footy passes with a legend. >>
That's what I call service
Who needs the Yellow Pages when you've got Horseland. >>
Look, it's Shrek on a trike!
1 CommentsBut I am trying to get a real motorbike licence. >>
The joys of dressing children
1 CommentsIt's balaclavas and expensive formal dresses in our house. >>
Suffering the breakdown blues
2 CommentsWho you gonna call when your car conks out? >>
I've got the answer to graffiti crime
4 CommentsVandals should dress up and pull beers for truckers. >>
Is Garrett still the ultimate greenie?
We'll see when he announces his Traveston dam decision. >>
Why did the snake cross the road?
2 CommentsWell, certainly not because I bullied or begged him to. >>
Cabbie's risky manoeuvre
Yet another example of a driver dicing with death. >>
It's not easy being the wife
Easter became a real nightmare for yours truly. >>
I'm being driven round the bend!
7 CommentsWhen are all these roadworks going to stop? >>
The height of rudeness
3 CommentsKids with iPods just don't talk to you at all. >>
Signs of the times
7 CommentsDo the mayors get fined for illegal signage? >>
Shenanigans at the supermarket
10 CommentsWhy you shouldn't take kids to do grocery shopping. >>
Cyclists riding for a fall
61 CommentsYou road warriors should start obeying the rules. >>
Eternal Love
8 CommentsA chance meeting in Imbil made me reflect on marriage and devotion. >>
A few suggestions for Dick
7 CommentsDick's going to try and help Hicksy get a job >>
Painters from the dark side
1 CommentsI'm sick of all these social parasites. >>
Don't come home unless you win!
Stella was given clear instructions before the lifesaving champs. >>
Proof money can't buy you class
5 CommentsMr BMW was very busy at the traffic lights. >>
A startling wee confession
It's surprising how the truth outs in an unguarded moment. >>
Why I was scavenging through people's garbage
1 CommentsChristmas gift drama left me down in the dump. >>
A novel idea ... but it's just not me
1 CommentsA fan of mine has suggested I take this column further. >>
Why shopping turns me into a stalker
There’s nothing worse than a Getz snapping at your heels. >>
Goodbye, my loyal friend
I met Carol when she was 17 and I was in a band. >>
'Green' hypocrisy leaves me gobsmacked
Enviro-friendly firms should practise what they preach. >>
Please, Miss, my head's itchy ...
This situation makes you feel not only uneasy but unclean. >>
Lock your doors, the clown's coming!
Mr McHappy strikes fear into the heart of young Jackson. >>
I'll have what he's having ...
Fluoro pellets are a hit with the rat pack. >>
The day I suffered a heart attack ...
4 CommentsBut I thought it was just a dodgy chicken wrap. >>
Graffiti morons make me mad
They've already tagged the new Kunda Park motorway. >>
C'mon, lady, pick up after your pooch!
2 CommentsNext time I'll have my camera. >>
Here's a challenge for local TV
The Channel 7 Perth telethon could possibly be the only telethon still operational in Australia. >>
The truth hurts sometimes
1 CommentsHi, I’m Jamie Dunn, I used to be someone once, that is, until one day I was unceremoniously sacked by B105”. >>
Under attack by a plague of moths
It’s worse than the locust plagues of Biblical times. >>
Uh oh, Stella's gone to Straddie!
1 CommentsI thought it was nice when 16-year-old Stella got invited to go to Stradbroke Island. >>
What's a few nits between friends?
A friend of mine was called by the school to go and collect his boy who had stomach pains and needed to go to the doctor. >>
My worst moment as a parent
I can’t tell you the shock and horror that went through my system. >>
What a blast from the past
Gibbo's visit rekindles fond memories. >>
Road warriors not happy, Jamie
My sarcastic observation about a Lycra-clad cyclist actually stopping at a red light seems to have upset a few road warriors. >>
Try this for a phone plan
My 16-year-old’s life stopped the moment she realised she had lost her mobile phone >>
A rare sight indeed
1 CommentsYou won't believe what I saw at a Coast intersection! >>
Religion has a lot to answer for
Did dinosaurs come before Jesus? Can water fix broken bones? Do cigarettes match singlets? >>
Drowning in domesticity
3 CommentsI have been cooking, cleaning, doing homework, making sure lunches are packed and bus passes are super-glued to the kids' wrists. >>
Driven to distraction by bolshie blondes
Well, it’s happened to me again this year – yet another “merging” moment. >>
How low can you go?
Did you read the Daily’s story about the young bloke who stole a couple’s wedding presents? >>
A beastly night's sleep
As this column goes to print, I am sitting in a stylised tent/lodge surrounded by the animal inhabitants of the Western Plains Zoo. >>
Holiday to hell
Wouldn’t you think that I’d have some say in where the family holidays? >>
Whew, better him than me
With one point left on my licence, believe me, as I approached the Maroochy bridge I was definitely doing the speed limit. >>
Keep it clean in domestics
What is it with you women? You are a strange bunch, you know, and I have proof because my wife and I have five children, so you can only imagine ... >>
Love message went astray
I’m sure anyone with a teenager has experienced the scourge of My Space. They get on that computer and pretend they’re doing homework, while all the time communicating and conversing ... >>
Little cheer with the beer
My local bottlo has had a few problems lately with the technical side of the business letting them down. For instance, I had the taste for a few beers on ... >>
The best service I ever had
I took a call from Kym at 4pm the day before Max was to do a speech, as an Anzac, in front of the class. “Can you get something army-like ... >>
You wouldn’t read about it
I got up early last weekend and came to our Maroochydore office to check some emails. As I was driving home past the airport at about 5.45am, a flash of ... >>
Son’s giving me a bad rep
I’m sure it’s well known to readers of this column that my 18-year-old son is delivering pizzas for a living. For this he occasionally uses my car but that is ... >>
If only chooks could fly
You know what women do when they get annoyed with their partner – they shut drawers a little harder and make lots of noise in the kitchen, rattling dishes and ... >>
Sick in a roundabout way
Not only does the over abundance of roundabouts at Noosa wear your tyres, there is another side effect. >>
Kids and Kombi capers
Many years ago I bought a crappy old 1964 Volkswagen Kombi Van. My idea was that my son Joshua and his grandfather could work on it over the years, thereby ... >>
A whole lotta fish for $20!
We got home from holidays only to find young Jackson’s fish tank down eight fish. He came to me with tears welling in his eyes and said “all my fish ... >>
Lock me up, I’m a smacker
Did I hear correctly? Is it now an offence to smack your children? Because if it is, lock me up now and throw away the key. >>
Party plan worth every cent
The best money I ever spent was hiring the people from the Fun Factory to run Jackson’s 10th birthday last Sunday. We had 21 boys, 10 and under on your ... >>
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