A public announcement (or “Karma stole my credit card”)

So it transpires that this blog is the first hit if you Google-search “david smerdon”.  And, hopefully, this stroke of good luck will help return all of my cards that were, shall we say, ‘misplaced’ from my wallet.

Last night I attended Canberra’s Multicultural Festival, a quite respectable display of international stalls, community performances, overpriced but extremely tasty cuisines, and the occasional B-grade celebrity.

Unfortunately, in a double financial blow after paying an exorbitant premium for some nondescript “meat on a stick” (my friend likes to refer to the festival as Canberra’s Meat-On-A-Stick Day, which usually causes more confusion than it clears), my wallet came home empty.

Well, not quite.  It still contained my laminated Queensland driver’s licence, which, as cruel Fate would have it, expires today.

So consider this a public call to any potential discoverer (or reformed robber) of a credit card, medibank card, Commonwealth Bank debit card and (most notably) Gold Entertainment Card: please return my plastic!

Potential card-saviors and sadistic pranksters can email me at: