Ron Manners’ ideas 
and adventures

Articles: People

There’s a book inside every one of us

Do you have a book in you that is struggling to get out? This speech, delivered at a RSL meeting, explains why and...

Theres a book in us Mannwest

Two Birthdays Tonight: Ayn Rand and John Hyde

My good friend John Hyde shares a birthday with Ayn Rand. This is a speech I delivered on his 68th birthday. Two greats...

Ayn Rands birthday Mannwest

Achieving balance in our lives

Balancing various priorities — mostly other people’s priorities — are enough to fill our day. How easy to become confused between duties to...

Balance Mannwest

Australia’s Outback Highway: the rewards are worth the effort

Following the footsteps of Australia’s great explorers (but with better transport), Ron and four mates travelled Australia’s outback highway. Escaping the horrors of...

Graduation day

I didn’t quite manage to graduate from university, but I can’t say I didn’t try. When I was about 20 I attended the...

Graduation Mannwest

Gold rush in the land down under

An interview on gold from 1988 Larry Reed first interviewed me when he was Chief Economist with the National Committee for Monetary Reform...

Down under gold Mannwest

Lang Hancock: Feeding the crocodile

Lang Hancock gave this speech in Sydney in September 1978. He was always an encouraging force in my life and for this I...

Lang Hancock Mannwest

Amy Johnson flies in: Kalgoorlie 1930

Amy Johnson, the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia, is perhaps the most famous aviatrix of all. She had a...