500 – Not suitable for children
We had so much to do in those early years at Straddie, and yet we had none of the appliances we all need today...
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March 11, 2018
Tom Thumb
Now those of you that know of the story will understand it when I say, “Tom is the only bloke that I know that...
March 11, 2018
Buried Alive
I have already told you the one about going down the Stormwater Drain at Greenslopes. Well this is Mark 2 of that same story....
March 11, 2018
St.Johns Wood Redemption
Every weekend our family would take the monotonous and repetitive forty-minute ride home to The Gap from the Sunday night church service at Coopers....
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A + B
We are all trapped by our genes. Traits are handed down the family line over which we have no control – from our forefathers...
Dam Busters
I always knew my older brother had many talents and rather (lets say) special skills. What shone out to “Sam the salesman” though, were...
Shark ate the boat
Fishing + Stradbroke. Aaaahhh – for Pip and David there can be no more heavenly match. There was beach fishing (for those “fishing challenged”...
Hook Hoo Hingray!
Most things at Straddy are set in stone, Like the southerly blow with its whistle and moan, Like the tree shady beaches all white...
Hi, I’m Sam
Hi, I�m Sam. We may have never met, but when you have finished reading my stories you will know me all too well. Sadly,...
Whale Rock – rite of passage
Fishing to David & Pip was always a serious endeavor, something that Tom and I could never quite grasp. We never could quite give...
Darts in the sky
David was only ever interested in creating games that had at least a 95% chance of getting hurt. Otherwise why would you bother playing...