1982 c Whitsundays Queensland - Airlie beach

Proserpine Airport wall map of the islands I planned to visit from Airlie Beach The bus trip to Airlie beach was spectacular! Motel in the Palms We landed on the water here and snorkelled around the Great Barrier Reef with fabulous coloured seaweeds and fish and coral. The ferry "bus" between islands - great for day trips

Birth to 1956 Hawthorn East

Proud Dad soon after the home birth with aunt Jinnie - a 'trained nurse" and gran and the collie pup in attendance. First born most photos. Box Brownie photographs we developed and printed in mum's kitchen when I was about 13. Dad holding me - look very new Dressing up Being dressed up Liz & Wendy with Michael born Jan 1945 - Dad back from Queensland "built" [Civil Eng ] hospital and water supply for troops in Atherton Tablelands A Sunday picnic in the bush - usually near some resevoir. Lake Wartook holiday - also saw a dear and climbed all the mountains around the Grampians. High jump champ for 3 years School Hockey Team for a few years My journalist friend and his old MG that opened the passenger door on turns on trips to the Dandenongs. 1956 Point Lonsdale back beach

1961- Onward

After the big OS trip - working Caulfield, skiing trips and up to Noosa and back via Outback in new VW sedan - visited stud sheep station near Orange. Got a guitar. Got into folk music & coffee shops. Married 1966 and went to USA. Lived Charlotte NC - worked in small rehab hospital for paras and quads 3yrs ,.. Divorced after 1 year. Good jobs - no good pics. Beach and Smokey mountain holidays - lighthouse at Cape Hatteras, very old black and white spiral paint. Moved to Raleigh NC to OP orthopedic clinic, then Nashville c1969-71, Baptist General Hospital. Then Baltimore 1973. On the professional rat race with ever more interesting and rewarding career path public speaking and part time teaching and preparing to write book... air pollution and snow bad for my health... Trip to Rio de de Janeiro for a week. In 1975 Nov - back to Melbourne for good. Heart stuffed. No exciting jobs here but good climate and food and less crime - no ice and snow. Small population. Good to be back with family and old friends. Melbourne a good place live. Made a big trip round the East coast from Melbourne to Bribie Island Queensland. Many years later- playing recorders with a few groups and acting the clown playing them at the Myer Music bowl and even made the evening TV news!

1963 took up the guitar and learnt from Sadie Bishop after glandular fever

VIEW TO NOOSA MAIN BEACH FROM BALCONY ON HASTINGS STREET

Near Noosa at Maroochydore I think about 5 houses there.

1964- FOLK MUSIC ERA

St John's Camberwell 1966 - BEST MAN-ME-BRIAN-LIZ

BRIAN IN TAHITI

NICE CHARLOTTE FOLK I MET RAISING MONEY FOR SOME ANTI DRUG CHARITY

CAPE HATTERAS LIGHOUSE

NEW CAR VW 1600 NASHVILLE TN

My Leather Craft Stall c1971-4

Amish Horse carriage Pennsylvania near Baltimore

Pebbly Beach NSW c1979 trip with Dot

1980 Xmas Wendy's

Laurel and I play Handel's Fireworks on recorders myer music bowl with the sparklers burning around us

Visiting Uncle Alan of Devonport in hospital c1998

LASSIE c1993

2006 Flying Saucer Architecture factory SE Melbourne

Hoddles Creek - Autumn in the Dandenongs near Melbourne

We travelled from Launching Place through lovley winding roads through the hills with bush and farms to the end of a road where we found Karen's wonderful large garden at Hoddles Creek, in the Dandenongs - part of The Open Garden Scheme. There was a heated patio with devonshire teas - welcome as this was a very cold day. The huge landscaped garden with many roses also had ponds, "rooms" and a small football field was surrounded by rainforest complete with tree ferns. There were many native birds too including a Yellow Breasted Robin and an unusual honeyeater I could not identify.