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Fish and Chooks

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Here I am at BJ Seminars International world headquarters office reading an article on management training, the fishmongers way. According to the article, a group of Washington fishmongers were so successful in their version of customer service that they formed their own training consultancy; offering management one hour sessions to join them at their Fish […]

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Where Egos I Go

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We all have egos – ‘sense of self-esteem or self-importance’ – and a healthy ego is vital for our wellbeing. Recently I ran our Pozitive Kidz are happy kidz workshops for grade five and six students at a primary school. The workshops focused on building self esteem from a Tai Chi perspective. After the workshops […]

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O.P.P’s

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Do you feel like sticking your head out the window and yelling, ‘I’m mad as hell and I am not going to take it anymore.’ Do you hate the curse that you know is going to get you sooner or later? Yeah, life is a mongrel. Just when you think you are getting on top […]

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Downtown Melbourne

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Sue and I were walking back to Flinders Street station (Melbourne, Australia) after attending an Edward De Bono presentation, which was held at a restaurant alongside the Yarra River. I took this shot in Swanston Street. As you can see the weather was wet and miserable and it was mid afternoon. We were heading to […]

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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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