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A Chitwan Adventure

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Here’s an edited version of our slide show “A Chitwan Adventure – village banks, elephants and a river at dawn”. It runs for 5 minutes 31 seconds and it’s a  slow download so please be patient. I would be very interested in your feedback. In 2009 Sue and I were in Nepal for the World […]

Filed Under: Random Thoughts Tagged With: Chitwan, Nepal, World Appreciative Inquiry Conference

It Ain’t Music To Me

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Just got off the phone to a major organisation that shortened my life span by one hour. One hour I’ll never get back. I was handballed to various departments to help me with my inquiry. It felt like an eternity waiting for an answer but what really aged me was the infernal music I had […]

Filed Under: Bits of Nonsense, Random Thoughts Tagged With: Music, Organisations, Phone, Waiting

G’Day Mate – Street Photography

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On my day off I was in town (Melbourne, Australia) doing some street photography. I was outside Flinders Street station facing the stairs looking for interesting people to photograph. I turned my head towards the intersection behind me and discovered this fellow leaning on his bicycle, on the road, talking to the driver who had […]

Filed Under: My Photos, Random Thoughts Tagged With: My Photos, Street Photography

Trash & Treasure Chappie

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Sunday morning at a Trash and Treasure market is not a place you will normally find me. I’m usually practicing my ‘contemplation meditation’ (sleeping). But last Sunday I decided to go to the Trash and Treasure market and take some photos. After several tours of the car park I eventually found a spot under a […]

Filed Under: My Photos, Random Thoughts Tagged With: Trash and treasure market

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Roy Boy

My memoir about growing up in the working class slum of Fitzroy during the 1950s and 1960s.
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Sandringham Sabres – The First 25 Years – 1974-99

Fast break your way through 25 years of history of the Sandringham Sabres (now known as Southern Basketballl Association)

In this e-book, snippetts, stories, photos, raw prawns, stats, results, awards, articles, reveal a community of dedicated basketball enthusiasts who shared their dreams, achievements, frustrations and disappointments to help create a large basketball association where 1000’s of children and adults now play in a eight-court stadium.
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Chris Chats .. about the good, the bad, the sad & the funny - selected short posts - vol. 1 Chris Chats Volume One

Books I’ve Read

Chris's bookshelf: read

Beau Geste
5 of 5 stars
Beau Geste
by P.C. Wren
Jaws
4 of 5 stars
Jaws
by Peter Benchley
Fahrenheit 451
4 of 5 stars
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
4 of 5 stars
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Philip K. Dick
The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
5 of 5 stars
The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
by Alex Kershaw

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Current Writing Project

A second memoir. Roy Boy was my first published in 2023.

Other Projects Planned

1. Screenplay
2. Books on street photography
3. Podcast
4. And many more – stay tuned :)

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