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I either started off on the wrong foot or I’m the legendry rolling stone. Normally, a degree in astrophysics does not lead to ownership of a backpacker resort via Parliament House Canberra, public relations and the diving industry but that’s what happened to me.
I’m now retired in the sense that I no longer need to work for a living and that gives me time for writing. My messy life has provided some good background material for my novels.
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Birth Place
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Sherborne, UK
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Accomplishments
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PhD degree in astrophysics
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Additional Information
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Research astronomer.
Ministerial staffer, Parliament House, Canberra.
Dive boat, owner/operator of North Queensland backpacker resort. Writer.
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mikestales
Fun tales and advice for travelers
Curtin Express/ebook
Author's note: While interviewing elderly Townsville residents as part
of an oral history project, I learnt of the Curtin Express. In brief,
Australia was at war with Japan and thousands of allied servicemen in
northern Australia were short of female company. To solve that
problem Prime Minister Curtin authorised a train to leave Brisbane
Central Station for North Queensland. Any woman could travel free of
charge. The train became known as the Curtin Express and the girls
were called Curtin Girls. I interviewed some of the ladies and learnt
about others. One was a formidable woman who used the proceeds of
her wartime endeavours to build a business empire. She was the
inspiration for the present novel.
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