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Spectacular! Breathtaking! Really, no word/s adequately describe the Kimberley region of northern Western Australia. It is an area, like most of outback Australia, that I have always yearned to see – and I finally have. Some years ago, I visited the very western end of this amazing area – just enough to glimpse a taste of its true beauty. The station that I had arranged to visit was only a few kilometres east of Derby, just along the Gibb River ...
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I make no apology for the fact that both past and present tense are used in this piece; nor for the fact that both the imperial and metric measurement systems are used. I was raised on the imperial and it is these measurements which I continue to use in this piece. Mention the Australian outback to most people, be they from other nations or Australia and often visions of vast, barren deserts, miles upon miles of virtually nothing except a ...
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Dawson’s Burrowing Bees. These little fellows were found in the middle of an outback road in Western Australia. Well, here we are over half way through 2021 and still no film. We are getting nearer though and the funding is starting to improve, but nothing is going to happen until next year. And having said that in the heading – telling COVID to go away – sadly, I think it is here to stay and as much as I hate ...
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I don’t know why, but for some strange reason, I thought 2021 would be a heck of a lot better than 2020. I thought COVID would magically vanish on New Year’s Eve and everything would be honky dory for the new year. Not so. I do think it is better but this disease has really kicked the world right out of balance and it’s going to take a L O N G  time to recover – if ever.  As with ...
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Typical main street in a town in outback Western Australia. Very peaceful and quiet. Here we are in February, 2021, already. And here in Western Australia – Perth, we have recently finished a very sudden and hard five-day lockdown. It took everyone by surprise but we got through. We were plunged into the lockdown on a Sunday evening about three weeks ago, at 6 pm (we were told about it just before lunch that same day) and the next day, ...
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What a strange year it has been and continues to be. But I am sitting here on my laptop, which means I am alive and well and – presumably safe – for which I am truly grateful, given how many people world wide have lost their lives to COVID-19. Absolutely awful. It was Halloween recently, not that I particularly encourage that. It’s not an Australian tradition. Only my opinion. But it also means Christmas is just around the corner. And ...
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JIMMY JONES – WHO WAS HE? Glad you asked.  And I wish I could answer. But I’ll have a go anyway. While Jimmy (James Henry Jones) was part of my life throughout my childhood, teens and early 20s I never really knew him. I don’t think anyone did – including Jimmy himself most of the time. But he would have been one of the biggest and most mysterious characters of all time to me. When I was younger I always ...
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DISCLAIMER The book that this biopic is planned to be based on is my autobiography: ‘No Looking Back’ and has been written as anonymously as possible. Some cities, states and institutions have been mentioned but on the whole, no human names have been mentioned. THE SCHOOL WHERE THE BULLYING OCCURRED IS IN NO WAY AT FAULT NOR IN THE LEAST BIT RESPONSIBLE FOR MY EXPERIENCES. Hello…hopefully this blog post will find everyone well and starting to enjoy life again now ...
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DISCLAIMER The book that this biopic is planned to be based on is my autobiography:  ‘No Looking Back’ and has been written as anonymously as possible. While some states, cities and institutions have been mentioned, no real humans names have been, except mine. The school where the bullying occurred is in NO WAY AT FAULT NOR IN THE LEAST BIT RESPONSIBLE FOR MY EXPERIENCES. Oops! Looks like a couple of months have slipped by without another blog. Well, OK, I did ...
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DISCLAIMER The book that this biopic is planned to be based on is my autobiography: ‘No Looking Back’ and has been written as anonymously as possible. Some cities, states and institutions have been mentioned but no humans, except me. The school where the bullying occurred is in NO WAY AT FAULT NOR IN THE LEAST BIT RESPONSIBLE FOR MY EXPERIENCES. From days well and truly gone by. Hi all – I really hope you are all well and will stay ...
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