Various photos of Egypt and Israel in 1980.    

This is where we had breakfast after having worked from about 430AM until maybe 10Am picking bananas. After breakfast, we had to do maintenance and cleaning around the banana plants. In the middle with the red beard is myself, looking a little unlike I do now.

Above the Valley of the Kings This photo taken by Laurence Jurman was taken of me sitting above the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. Laurence and I had cycled most of the way out to a Range where we left our pushbikes and trekked over the ridge and then down into the valley before spending the day looking through tombs etc.. this was just before we descended down into the Valley itself.

That’s me, the little one, with my oldest brother Doug. Smug looks, squinty eyes, happy smiles and the window behind us where my mother heard me swearing for the first time. It was from that window that she called me back into the house and demanded I submit to having my mouth washed out with soap. I can’t say I submitted but she succeeded. It was a different world then. Living in the country, simple pleasures, healthy life, Mum and Dad.