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Golden Rotunda

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I was in the Cheltenham area around 5.00pm and took a shot of this rotunda in the Karkarook Park, a wetland and recreational area. What I like about this photo is the way the light created a golden effect on the rotunda. It was one of my last shots as I started to leave. I […]

Filed Under: My Photos, Random Thoughts Tagged With: Cheltenham, Karkarook Park, Light, My photo, Rotunda

Been There, Done That

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Lately I’ve been working on my screenplay which focuses on men’s relationships. It’s set in the Australian basketball scene and my research has led me back to a basketball club I co-founded in 1974. I  needed to tap into the ‘feel’ of coaching and of basketball again, so I can write an authentic screenplay set […]

Filed Under: Basketball, I remember when ..., Random Thoughts Tagged With: Basketball, Screenplay, The past

I Came – I Saw – I Blogged

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Its been over a year ago since I  started blogging. And the huge following that some big time bloggers get has not happened. But that’s okay. The purpose of  Chris Chats’ blog is just another way of publicly expressing my thoughts and sharing my interests with others. At first I was focused on building my […]

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Stable Manure

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I was driving along the Maroondah Highway heading out towards Healesville and spotted a wooden sign, nailed high up on a tree. It read ‘Stable Manure.’ My first thoughts were ‘stable manure? As opposed to unstable manure? How dangerous or explosive is this manure?’ Sometimes signs can mean something different from what was intended. And […]

Filed Under: Bits of Nonsense, Random Thoughts Tagged With: Manure, Signs, writing

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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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Sabres Basketball eBook

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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