Things were going great for my first time out on a prawn trawler. Gordon, Ian and Janine were looking after me and all the hard work was paying off which was evident by a rapid loss of the weight I had gained in Europe. All we did was work and sleep and I didn’t have… Read more The Crystal Enterprise – Part 2
Here in Cairns, Northerin Australia, we have cyclones. Every year between the months of November and April, we have a “cyclone season”. Basically, between these months, the chance of cyclones developing off the coast and heading for us is very real. They begin as low pressure systems and usually head for the coast. When they… Read more Cyclone Larry
After three years in Europe, I stayed in Cairns for just over a month and when I wasn’t working as a dishpig in an italian restaurant, I was drinking and indulging in whatever party substances I could get my hands on. My depression over what had happened in Spain was sinking to new depths. I… Read more The Crystal Enterprise – Introduction
Our Going Away Bash My travelling days had to start somewhere. This is what happened on my last night in Australia. My best friend Graham and I were walking past a travel agency one day. We stopped, regarded each other for a moment and entered. When we emerged again about half an hour later, we… Read more Our Going Away Bash