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Perth on the Swan River.
My childhood sightseeing of living and playing in and around the Perth foreshore.
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Marble Bar Ironclad Hotel
Memories of Marble Bar's Ironclad Hotel. The people and their stories.
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Family Gathering on the Yule river.
A great day out lunching on the Yule river after a cyclone has brought seasonal rains to the area.
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My Red Dog
Me and My Red Dog on Roy Hill Station trying to get him onto the back tray of our Landcruiser.
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1973 HQ Holden Kingswood
No.64 in my series of short stories So there isn't a 1973 HQ Holden Kingswood in my painting but it did inspire this work. In the 1970's...
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Sturt's Desert Pea
No.60 in my series of short stories. My experiences and observations of the Sturt's Desert Pea "Red Eye" variant, adds an interesting...
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Gold Prospecting in a river bed.
No.59. in my series of short stories. We had been out Gold Prospecting in a river bed and up and down hills and valleys. It was after a...
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Life in a caravan park.
No.58 in my series of short stories. Life in a caravan park. Yep that's me on the right, 30 years old, skinny and full of life, oh...
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A night in the Wittenoom Jail
No.54. in my series of short stories. Wittenoom a famous asbestos mining town now a genuinely dangerous ghost town. Rocks have always...
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Post Cards
No.53. in my series of short stories. I had a fascinating and meaningful artistic journey in and around the desert, capturing the...
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HQ 1973 Holden Kingswood
No.52. in my series of short stories. It was in 1978 when we once again would travel Australia's outback in our Red HQ 1973 Holden...
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Shaw River Hillside Station
No.48. in my series of short stories. Shaw River Hillside Station Prospecting for gold on Hillside Station was an adventurous pursuit. The nights out in the desert in our swags when the temperatures would sometimes be around minus 3deg. Rising predawn, to explore the terrain with metal detectors in search of gold adds a sense of anticipation. The quiet moments before the heat, having breakfast, filling water bottles, making sure we have everything we need for the day. Usin
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Kailis Fisheries in my Mark 2 Ford Zephyr
No.47. in my series of short stories For one season I worked at the Kailis Fisheries, in Port Denison on the Western Australian coast...
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Red Dog. (My story)
No.45. in my series of short stories In the vast and rugged landscape of Western Australia, a charismatic and adventurous Kelpie mix...
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Australian shearing shed
No.43. in my series of short stories Nothing like the original old Australian shearing shed on Nans farm @ Jennacubbine in Western...
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Barradale Roadhouse Part 2
No.40. in my series of short stories. Continued: Here I am again still situated at Barradale Roadhouse which was approximately 300...
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Barradale Roadhouse. Part 1
No.39. in my series of short stories. It was around 1966 I was 17 and thrilled to get a job as a booking clerk in the lovely old...
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Charlie my 1927 Austin7.
No.38. in my series of short stories. This weeks story is a little shorter as I have been extremely busy setting up my new project. ...
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The Dog at Billabong Roadhouse
No.36. in my series of short stories. The dog at Billabong Roadhouse No.737. Yes, I was a waitress come cook, gardener, and cleaner at...
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Shut the flock up
No.35. in my series of short stories. FOR SALE. No.1723. $2000.00 Shut the flock up is one of three small works that I am presently...
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