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My early political career

Wednesday 5th September, 2007 1 Comment

Being bored during first year uni, some friends of mine decided to nominate me for president of the Students’ Association of the University of Adelaide in 1991. There were 8 candidates, and my “platform” was to see if I could get as few votes as possible. Somehow I got over 200 votes, but I think … [Read More »]

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BP Murray Bridge

Tuesday 4th September, 2007 1 Comment

While in school I worked for a few years as a service station attendant at the BP in Murray Bridge. It was on the main busy intersection in the middle of town, so we got quite busy – especially on Friday and Saturday nights (my main shifts), and even more so on Saturday and Sunday … [Read More »]

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Monarto Zoo – before it was a zoo

Monday 3rd September, 2007 Leave a Comment

Back in 1990 in my final year of school, we did a field trip for our geography class out to Monarto – looking at soil structure, vegetation, and salinity. The area we spent the day in is now part of the Monarto Zoological Park – http://www.monartozp.com.au/ Back then, the park was a special purpose breeding … [Read More »]

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Lazy days – fishing

Friday 31st August, 2007 1 Comment

Another photo of me – this time taken by my mother in Victor Harbour – I think we were fishing from the Granite Island Jetty (looking back towards the causeway). I’m guessing some time around 1987 / 1988. That’s my sister and father sitting in the background

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Adare House – Victor Harbour

Thursday 30th August, 2007 3 Comments

I stayed at Adare House in Victor Harbour for my year 12 camp in 1989. Actually I didn’t stay in the house itself – I was in one of the dormitories alongside (not shown in the photo). The house, built between 1891-1893 is still operating as a conference center today – http://www.adarecentre.com.au/

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