index

This page is for both navigation and chronology.

As this story keeps growing, there is no definitive format.

For now, coming back here is the best way not to get lost in this tangled story which is, in its own way, a bit of a graphic metaphor for the years that have unfolded.

Push to Start

A Bit to Tell

Part I: Roots & Restlessness

Early Years 1960’s

Chapter 1: Three Beginnings

Monash 1961

Barmera 1963

Gerard 1964

Coober Pedy 1965-66

Point McLeay 1967

Gerard 1968 – 74

Early Years 1970’s

Chapter 2: Too Many Schools

Port Augusta 1975 - 1980

Early Years 1980’s

Chapter 3: Trying on Lives

Adelaide 1980

Melbourne 1980

Adelaide 1981-1984

Chapter 4: Laura, Trains & Singapore

Laura 1984-1987

Adelaide 1987

Melbourne 1988

Chapter 5: End of Round One

Hamilton 1989-1993

Part II: Work, Welfare & the Wide Brown Land

Stepping Up 1990’s

Chapter 6: Disability, Horses & Hard Knocks

Horsham 1993

Hamilton 1995

Shepparton 1995

Chapter 7: Going it alone (again) and going bush (again)

Mildura 1996

Berri 1997

Broken Hill 1998

Stepping Out 2000’s

Adelaide 2000

Brunswick Heads

Ocean Shores

Chapter 8: Headlong & Headstrong

Middle Years 2010’s

Chapter 9: systems Sri Lanka

Sale

Drouin 2010

Moe 2011- (current)

Chapter 10: North Again

Billiluna 2014-15

Alice Springs 2017-18

Elcho Island 2018-19

Katherine 2020

Mataranka 2021

Part III: Elsewhere

Chapter 11: Airport Days AIRPORTS

Chapter 12: Anything but a Bicycle

Chapter 13: Views Between

Chapter 14: Dots on a Map

Chapter 15: Europe in Pieces

Chapter 16: Asia In Pieces

Chapter 17: Singapore: Its Own Story

Part IV: Older & Wiser

Chapter 18: Katherine, Mataranka and Coming Home

CHAPTER 19: AUGUST 1ST 2020

Gladstone & Moe 2021 – (current)

Part V: Community Life

Reflections

The Work Behind the Scenes

Out of the Way Places

An Ordinary Monday

A Not so Ordinary Tuesday

Living, Working, Passing Through

Dots on a Map

PART VI: Time Passages

Chapter 20: How your face looks

Part I

Part II

Part III

Part IV

Part V

PART VII: Random Crackle in the Ear

Achievement Unlocked / Identity in Constant Movement

Old Fat Tired

The world is an interesting Place

Life is a Great Big Canvas

Don’t Take life too seriously

What I miss about being Young

No Value in Regret

Cringe

Time Leave Footprints

PART VIII: This thing with lists

CHAPTER 21: WASTING TIME

TV

films

YouTube

music

books

games

magazines

podcasts

radio

theatre

audiobooks

CHAPTER 22: Old Stuff

The Protagonist