The Flying Catapult
When there was nothing much to do at the Gold Coast Youth Fitness church camp, we often found ourselves gathered at the trampolines. There...
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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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Life Saving Dam Buster
All the locals at Point Lookout knew when the Baskerville boys were on holidays at Straddie, again there were no water filled lagoons on...
The Legendary Sabot
Well it did not take long, once Dad had purchased a sail boat for David, for the younger brothers to want a piece...
Mirror Dingy and Dark
Before there was fishing there was sailing. Dad had kept his promise to eager for adventure David, and purchased for him a sailing boat...
A Royal Christmas
Christmas morning who can forget? That empty pillow sack I hung at the end of my bed last night is now full to overflowing....
My First Album
So, the latest Australian idol has cut his first record hey big deal! I was cutting my first vinyl way back in the 60,...
Fishing, the Main way
Now I just have to admit, that catching fish at ‘Straddie’ is not only the natural sport of the Island, but it was actually...
Not the EJ
The 1960s EJ Holden was a stellar vehicle with lots of style. So much so that it is still spoken of with much admiration,...
Dark Philosophy
The first time I encountered folk with a skin darker than my 5 time holiday tan, was in Rockhampton. See, Dad had been given...