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The Dam Wall

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We were at Maroondah Dam in Healesville for a picnic yesterday. It was a warm sunny day and I decided to take my camera along. I was so relaxed I waited until late afternoon to take a few shots. Big mistake. As I wandered down to the dam the weather changed dramatically to overcast. So […]

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Vroom Vroom Racing Cars – Photo #3

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Victorian Hill Climb Championships – Phot0 #3 This was taken in the staging area and the fellows were probably talking tactics. The concentration on each driver was intense and I quickly zoomed in on this fellow to avoid being a distraction. I’ve discovered that when taking action shots it’s best to be quick and make […]

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Waiting Waiting ….

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This is one of my favourite city photographs. I was wandering around town doing some street photography and couldn’t resist this shot. The location of the store was in a main street and I quickly knelt down to get a shot as people walked by. The attendant was minding the dog while the owner shopped […]

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Smoko In Wollongong

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I couldn’t resist this shot. It happened on the first day I was in Wollongong to help present an Appreciative Inquiry summit with Sue James, Neil Samuels and Donna McGeorge. I decide to go for a walk before the summit was due to start later in the morning. I walked along a road beside the […]

Filed Under: My Photos, Random Thoughts Tagged With: Photo, Wollongong Beach

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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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Books I’ve Read

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

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