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Published Author -
Great North Walk (two ed.) (Kangaroo Press). 1988, 1991
New South Walks Heritage Walks, (Kangaroo Press). 1990
Articles- Honi Soit, Uni of Sydney, Photofile (two articles, Aust�n Centre for Photography),
ArtLink (Reviews), Outdoors (Watagan Forests)
Education Writer/Editor, Correspondence and Distance Education TAFE (technical ed) and Related,
Self-Published- Belonging, Historical Fiction, Gundagai�s Dr Louis Gabriel. 2007
In Progress � Bicentennial Trust, also titled Forgetting and Remembering.
� Tapas, Short spicy travel tales; In Their Spare Hours (Bushwalking in Australia)
Beating Time, Highly Commended, Peter Cowan National Short Story Prize, 2012.
Exhibitions (Painting and Photography)
Contrasituations, 1984; The Newsagency (NSW, Vic), 1987; Umberto Ecco in Penrith, 1992
Nature/Culture: The Bush, 2000; Rosieville Lane, 2003; The Watch House, 2008, plus various other venues.
Projects Initiated
1984, Australian Photographic History Project
1988, Official Australian Bicentennial Project: Great North Walk (Sydney to Newcastle/Hunter Valley)
1992, Artist-in-Residence, UWS.
1996, Six Foot Track Lodge, ATC Grant.
2011, Balmain Institute, a Sydney based �think-tank�.
Media
Newspaper Articles, numerous associated with walking tours: Sydney Morning Herald (three), Sunday Telegraph and Melbourne Age etc.
Radio Interviews: 2BL/702 (numerous), Radio Newcastle, 2UE (several), 3AW.
Public Readings/Speaker/ Guest Lectures: NSW Art Gallery, NSW Writers Centre, various Lions, Apex events, various Local Historical Societies, Newcastle and Western Sydney universities. Various television appearances (associated with tourism activities) Sixty Minutes, Great Outdoors (twice), News (Newcastle) and Getaway (twice).
Employment
Owner/manager, Great Australian Walks, 1988-2007.
Teaching: adult, university, secondary.
WEA Tutor: Digital and Creative Photography and Recreational walking courses
Tour guiding: Australia, NZ, UK, Scotland, Ireland, Spain and France.
Adventure
Travelling overland, Kuala Lumpur to Amsterdam, 1974; Wilderness treks: New Zealand, Australia and New Guinea; Tours: Malaysia, USA, France, Spain, Ireland, etc.
Qualifications: BCom(Econs), Newcastle, DipEd (Soc.Sc), Newcastle, GradDip (V. Arts), Sydney
Professional Profile: Sydney�s �Mr Bushwalker�. Author, artist, photographer, traveller.
Family: Married to Dr. Virginia Nightingale. One child, Anna.
Member NSW Writers Centre, Sydney; Australian Writers Guild, Australia.
Address: 81 Elliott St Balmain, Sydney 2041
Ph: 02.98103695
Reviews
Mabo (2012)
Excellent
A fine and tight retelling of the Mabo story, significant for Australia history, drama and our future directions. Both lead actors did a fine job, particularly in the early scene of Eddie life on the railways. This period is rarely depicted, and many opportunities exist for further exploration of the war and post-war period, from say 1940 to 1990. As a writer of historical fiction, please review for example, Xavier Herbert, Hal Porter, Frank Hardy and many other authors. At present I am completing Forgetting and Remembering, a novel with indigenous and other characters, with events paralleling the Brewarrinna 'riots' of 1987, events that led directly to the creation of the Royal Commission to Indigenous Deaths in Custody. I welcome enquiries, especially from Susan Smith!!