Hello Reader it's time once again to touch base. I was sitting in the car outside the chemist yesterday, waiting for my partner to return, when a young man came down the street pushing a shopping trolley loaded with empty cans and bottles. He carried an overstuffed backpack on his shoulder and wore clothes which appeared to have been slept in. He paused at the street side garbage bin in front of our car and went through its enclosed rubbish searching for those empty treasures. We have our...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Hello Reader. Continuing our 1969 Queensland adventure. After cutting East, we headed north from Miles through Taroom and across the mountains towards Cracow. It wasn't raining in this part of Queensland, and the roads were dry, dusty, potholed, and rough. The mountain road, no wider than two vehicles. A sharp drop off on the downside and a steep bank of rocks, trees (both alive and dead) and underbrush on the other. Dad out in front with the car and caravan, my brother Des in the centre...
3 months ago • 3 min read
Hello Reader In my last newsletter I started the story of our trip from South Australia to Queensland back in 1969 including our encounter with the great train robber Ronald Biggs. After we dropped Ronald Biggs and the man he was travelling with off in St George we continued up the Moonie Highway. It was still raining and flood water lay everywhere to the point where it was dangerous to even drift one wheel off the bitumen in fear of being bogged or worse. Not great on a narrow road not much...
4 months ago • 4 min read
Hello Reader In my last newsletter I briefly touched on characters we meet over our lifetime and how these sometimes quirky and interesting people stay in our memories. Back in 1969 we were trapping rabbits in South Australia.Times were tough,Myxomatosis was spreading through the rabbit population like wildfire. This introduced disease wasn't only infecting the rabbits but the wildlife as well. I could tell some horror stories of the sights we saw but the authorities denied it all in their...
5 months ago • 5 min read
Hello Reader The Devil's Revenge Pre- order now live on Amazon. Release date 30th of June 2026. Some men hide in plain sight. That's what makes them dangerous. When Detective Senior Sergeant Mark Bannon is pulled from his posting in country Victoria and handed a cold case by Detective Superintendent Turner. A fourteen-year-old girl raped and murdered in an empty house for sale in Cheltenham. He inherits more than a file. He inherits a failed investigation, and the uncomfortable suspicion that...
6 months ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader it's time once again to touch base. Meet Penny Two and a half weeks ago this little cutie came to live with us as a friend for our aging Greyhound Misty. Penny is a female purebred Parson's Jack Russell 15 months old, full of cheek and mischief. She likes to sit on my knee when I'm writing or reading. Penny The Devil's Revenge Final edits and read through are coming along nicely. Release date will be June 30th 2026. Watch your inbox, my Facebook page or my blog for updates. The...
6 months ago • 3 min read
Hello to all my newsletter readers it's time once again to touch base. Hard to believe its a month since my last newsletter, doesn't time fly fast these days. With the price of petrol skyrocketing higher every day more and more of us are opting to staying home, browsing the internet, bingeing Netflix or sitting down with a hot cuppa, a glass of wine or even a beer and reading a good book. The Devil's Revenge Edits are flying through, chapters drifting into my beta readers inboxes. So far...
7 months ago • 2 min read
Hello to all my newsletter readers it's time once again to touch base. It's hard to believe the first three months of 2026 has almost gone already. Nine more months like this and we'll be looking down the barrel at 2027 before we know it. I think our fast paced, rush here, rush there world today leaves us wondering ... where does the time go? I still plan on releasing books 4 and 5 of The Mara Mysteries this year all going well. Signed and Unsigned Paperbacks I have paperback copies signed or...
8 months ago • 3 min read
Hello to all my newsletter readers it's time once again to touch base. This month we have a very special surprise for you all. A new freebie for my newsletter subscribers both new and old. By entering your email to download this book you are automatically signing up for our newsletter but if your email address is already registered on our mailing list, don't sweat you won't receive double newsletters. Please note, you can unsubscribe at any time. Murder on the Murray Murder on the Murray When...
9 months ago • 1 min read