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"Give me a home among the gum trees"
Old Aussie song
These pages and those that follow are an attempt to record a little about my background. This page
provides some general biographical details while the subsequent pages
go in to more detail about my family, my home
town, and my friends. By
clicking on the highlighted text you can visit other pages on this site or on
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Background Info
| I was born: |
August  1963
With my Grandma, Elsie Pretoria
McDonald
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| Star sign: |
Leo |
| Birthplace: |
McLaren
Vale which is south of Adelaide in the
Southern Vales
region of South Australia (SA) |
| Mum and Dad: |
  Jenny
and David -
Vale Girl meets Kangy Lad
Mum with Jack, Dad philosophising,
Dec 99
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| Home: |
Kangarilla (aka 'Kangy'), on the Fleurieu
Peninsular, on the cusp of both the Southern Vales and the Adelaide Hills |
| My Roots: |
British - English and Scottish. |
| Nationality: |
Australian - 5th generation on one side. My ancestors were some
of the first to settle SA. |
| Brothers: |
 Jamie
(married to Jayne) and Nick
The 3 of us (Me, Nick and Jamie), 1969 |
| Niece & Nephews: |
 Yasmin,
Jordan, Jack and now Tom!
Jack's a bit squirmy
(Photo courtesy of Jamie) |
| Schooling: |
Kangarilla Primary,
Willunga High
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| University: |
Flinders University of SA |
| Degree: |
BM, BS |
| Post Grad: |
Dip AvMed (UK) |
| Occupation: |
Military Medical Officer |
My
Favourite Things
| Likes: |
Xena!, movies, travel, reading, sport, wining, dining,
outdoors stuff - not necessarily in that order |
| Movies: |
Gone With the Wind and the Wizard of Oz |
| Book: |
Pride and Prejudice |
| Food type: |
Indian |
| Fast food: |
Pizza |
| Colour: |
Blue |
| Sport played: |
Netball |
| Sporting Hero: |
Shane Gould |
| Personal Sporting moment: |
Kangarilla A1 netball premiership 1987 |
| Spectator sports: |
Cricket and Aussie
Footy |
| Sporting moment as a Spectator: |
Sturt winning the 1976 SANFL premiership, beating Port in
front of a (still) record Footy Park crowd. |
| AND |
 The Adelaide Crows
winning back to back premierships, 1997-8. |
| Life Experience: |
My 6 months spent in Rwanda
as a UN Peacekeeper |
  
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