Israelite Bay

Israelite Bay

Getting to Israelite Bay is not easy. It is a major setting for my novel and I have only managed to step foot on the sandy salty ground twice. The first time was in 2006, when Tim and I were at the very beginning of our trip around Australia. Marcus, a friend of Tim...
An Apprenticeship

An Apprenticeship

This piece about my uncle Sean won second prize in the Memoir section at the Eastwood/Hills Literary Competition for 2017. ~ This can’t have been the first time I met Mr Sean O’Rourke, but it is the first I remember clearly. I was 9 years old and my aunty Steph...