About Me.

Born in Hackney, London, England in September 1956.

Came to Australia as a child on December 25, 1963 arriving with my parents and sister in Sydney.

Lived in Manly for six months and had a psycho teacher there who really hated me I think - Miss Hayes.

Studied Primary at Cromer Public School with a six month horror stint at Narraweena, both schools in the Northern Beaches Suburbs near Sydney.

Studied Secondary at Gosford, New South Wales for four years where I was bullied but got six A’s.
Studied senior Secondary also in Gosford, and matriculated to all N.S.W. universities.

Went to the University of New England where I studied a total of three years of Philosophy both as an internal and external student, but failed to finish my Arts degree.

Worked in the Australian Public Service in Canberra, A.C.T. for a year and later in Darwin, N.T. and Adelaide, South Australia for six and a half years.

Suffered emotional and mental trauma and went onto a government pension.

Lived in poverty, renting houses, going into mental health hospital. My life was a total nightmare. I attempted suicide numerous times but I survived in this particular multiverse.

Studied Information Technology at Adelaide TAFE.
Bought a cheap house in Queenstown, Tasmania in January 2009. My first home of my own!

Now, thanks to successful investing in the share market I am no longer poor but physically, mentally and spiritually very comfortable and very happy! I live in a green, lush rainforest location on the edge of town. In 2020 I bought an e-bike as I don’t have a driver’s license. My life is peaceful and blissful.

I feel very grateful for all I have, not to God, because I am a lifelong atheist, but to fate and …well….whatever!

AWARDS / RECOGNITION

On the 26th January, 2020 I was awarded Australian Citizenship at a ceremony in Strahan, Tasmania, where they also held egg and spoon races.

West Coast Mayor Phillip Vickers reading to me the Affirmation of the Pledge of Allegiance to Australia that I took, for me to repeat before him, before awarding me Australian Citizenship in Strahan, Tasmania, on the 26th of January, 2020.

The Citizenship Ceremony on AUSTRALIA DAY in Strahan, TAS, with my mother, who came down from N.S.W. for the important occasion.

Artwork given to me by the West Coast Mayor, Phillip Vickers, with my citizenship certificate and a King Billy pine on Australia Day, 2020. In 2020 it was 250 years from the year that Captain James Cook discovered the East Coast of the continent of Australia on his voyage of discovery and with the scientific purpose to observe the transit of Venus. And it also commemorates the date of the founding of the first European settlement on the continent of Australia, the First Fleet of 11 ships arriving at Botany Bay, in Sydney, on the 18 January 1788. There were between 750-780 convicts and around 550 crew, soldiers and family members. Governor Arthur Phillip then rejected Botany Bay and chose, instead, Port Jackson, to the north, as the site for the new colony: The settlers, including convicts, arrived there on the 26th of January, 1788, which day in January is now celebrated as Australia Day.

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ART GALLERY

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My Music
(I created these tracks on Udio with no musical experience)

“Steel Hearted Lament”

“Silicon Lament”

“A Seer’s Lament and Blackbird’s Cry”

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"Band on the Run" by Paul McCartney and Wings, but with alternative lyrics, such as below:

(𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲, 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲?)


"Land on the Moon"

[Verse 1]
Well the night came down on a waiting world,
And the rockets burned as the flags unfurled,
In the glow of screens every eye could see,
It was more than a dream—it was destiny.


Well the voices rose as the countdown flew,
Through the fire and the endless blue,
From the Earth below to the silent sea,
Now the stars were where we were meant to be.


[Chorus]
Land on the Moon, land on the Moon,
We want to see them land on the Moon,
Well the whole wide world is watching them now,
Every heartbeat, every vow--
Land on the Moon, land on the Moon,
We want to see them all land on the Moon.


[Verse 2]
Well the signal came from the darkened sky,
And a voice from Earth said “we’re standing by,”
Like the days when Nixon called through the air,
Now a President’s voice said “we’re with you there.”


Through the window pane where the cold stars gleam,
You could see the edge of a human dream,
Footprints waiting in the silver dust,
Calling out to our hope and trust.


[Chorus]
Land on the Moon, land on the Moon,
We want to see them land on the Moon,
Through the fire and the great unknown,
Far beyond where we have flown--
Land on the Moon, land on the Moon,
We want to see them all land on the Moon.


[Bridge]
Well the years rolled by since the first great stand,
When they walked in dust on a distant land,
Now we’re going back, not to leave too soon,
But to build a home on the quiet Moon.


With the ships that rise on a pillar of flame,
And the minds that dream and redraw the frame,
With the help of Musk and the daring few,
We’re making the old world feel brand new.


[Build]
Sailor Sam with a steady hand,
Dead reckoning where the shadows stand,
Guiding light through the endless gloom,
Bringing life to the waiting Moon--


[Final Chorus]
Land on the Moon, land on the Moon,
We want to see them land on the Moon,
Settle the dust where the first steps lay,
Now we’re going back and we’re here to stay--
Land on the Moon, land on the Moon,
We want to see them all land on the Moon…


[Outro]
And we’ll rise again through the silent night,
From the lunar ground into endless light,
Proving all that we dreamed was true--
That the stars are there for me and you…