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I'm a full-time writer for television news and current
affairs, and a freelance writer for magazines. My work has
appeared in fishing, motoring and computer magazines, as well as
general interest publications like Australian Women's Forum and
Playboy.
I've fished the western third of Australia pretty consistently
over the past twenty years or so, from the crocodile and
barramundi country of the far north to the rough and dangerous
south west coast. I'll fish any way I can and anywhere there's
water. In the Kimberley region, near the border with the Northern
Territory, I've helicoptered to rock pools and rivers so remote
the only way to get there IS by chopper.
Or traveled four hours in a 17ft boat in country where the
tide rises and falls 38 feet, just to get to a spot where no man
has cast a lure before.
Or just stood on the beach before dawn on a summer's morning,
waiting for the touch of sun on my back as I swung chrome slices
into the surf. And known that I wouldn't be dead for anything.
And if I'm struggling with an essay, if the line I want won't
come to mind, the best way I know of clearing my head and getting
inspiration is to go fishing. On second thought, to (expletive
deleted) with work. I'll just go fishing, because it's more fun
than anything else you can do with your clothes on!
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