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All that jazz- a sentimental journey
The ‘Trumpet Volunteer’ in about 1958. The black and white photograph does not do justice to my vivid yellow socks. During the mid to late-1950s I was a member of a unique and enterprising little musical group, known unpretentiously as The Havelock Street Jazz Band. There were four of us: Richard "Ðicky" Bird, Barry "Leb" Levinson, Richard "Kelly" Kelsall and me. In 1956 we were Year 10 students at Hale School, then located on Havelock Street in West Perth. We were old fr
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Oct 3019 min read


Mysteries of the bush (Part 2): the Lake Mears salmon
The southern end of Lake Mears, a small gem of the WA wheatbelt … and a place of mystery Before I get started on Lake Mears and its...
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Oct 818 min read


The Don: my friendship with Australia's greatest sportsman
Donald Bradman (“The Don”) at the end of his career, aged 40, still relaxed, confident and scoring Test match centuries I wonder if...
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Sep 2214 min read


Grandmother Adams' bushfire story: a miracle in the bush
The cover of Patsy Adam-Smith’s childhood memoir Patsy Adam-Smith is one of my favourite Australian writers. She has a simple, clean...
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Aug 2411 min read
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