Image Gallery
My book 'Side by Side - In the Beginning' in the front window of Corrie Perkins 'My Bookshop', Malvern Rd, Hawksburn
Ed & I after the taping of the Book Trailer for 'Side by Side'. Ed spoke passionately about what it means to barrack for Collingwood and how he felt the first time he went to Victoria Park. Stirring stuff.
At the 'Side by Side - In the Beginning' book launch at the Westpac Centre, the home of the mighty Pies.
From left, Michael Chanter (from Red Bilby - Mike designed the book), me, Otto Schiffer, Patrick Moore, Hudson Lefoe, Tom Caulfield (son of a dear school friend, Amanda Bawden) & Eddie McGuire.
Get her orf!
Me with CFC Archive's Tom Wanliss. Tom is a legend and was a great help in my research for writing the Collingwood stories.
Broome August 2009. Ian & Tobe. We loved the place.
Toby holding a baby croc - a dream fulfilled!
Toby & me! Thrill seekers
At the Henry Lawson Festival in June, in front of a Henry Lawson bust with Dad. This is the main street of Grenfell in central N.S.W. I was lucky enough to win a Poetry Prize in the '2009 Henry Lawson Literary Awards'
We went to the Guinea Pig Races at the Pinnacle Guinea Pig Race Club, just outside of Grenfell. It's famous...didn't you know? This is a local sorting the guinea pigs out for their races.
This is the betting van. There were 22 races on the card.
This is the finish line. An official is in the stand with a stopwatch, and the race rails are flanked either side grandstands. It was a very cold day but the place was packed.
Granny backed a winner!
This is the starting line. Kids hold the guinea pigs behind perspex starter gates. That's Toby knocking back a lemonade, Ian, and Grandpa with the orange racebook. What a day!
The Henry Lawson Festival Dinner at the Bowls Club. We had the best night, I recited my poetry in front of 180 people! We enjoyed meeting all the other awards winners and loved meeting the locals. Grenfell is a great little country town.
... some family pics
My brother, Roger & I - Cowboys and Indians were big at our house...
4 year old kinder, Churchill Kindergarten, Hamilton
Double dinking on Tilly with my cat Smooch
Dad is on Little Chief and I'm on Tilly the shetland pony
Bart Bade, the best dog ever. God love him, he passed away on 23rd October this year, aged 18.
Warming up next to my nephew Connor. Port Fairy can be a little cold.
Our country cousins, Angus & Connor with Toby
"I'm sleeping thank you!"
Carlos & Maramalade: I got them from the RSPCA 3 years ago. They're a funny pair of kittens.
Carl pops up everywhere...
Toby warming his feet on Oscar our 13 year old cocker spaniel
At Gallipoli 1998 on the Dardanelle Peninsula at Lone Pine Cemetry, looking for my great great Grandfather
Dad & I meeting 'our hero' Wilbur Smith and his wife Mokhiniso at the launch of 'Monsoon' in 2001
Exhausted in 1998 - Melbourne Marathon
Entering the Sun Gate at Macchu Pichu with my scandanavian friends Jorgen, Christian and George 2001