Helene’s left us alone for a couple of days so I thought I’d work on raising my profile some more. I’m chatting to Nero and Bunson – the Battistel’s hounds – about being a star! I think Helene better start taking tips from me 🙂 Find us at  : Gabbawrites And here’s another endearing photo Continue reading
Tag: Half Moon Bay
Wandering around the web
I’m off on a visit with a difference today over at Diane Finlay’s place. Check out FindPublishing for our chat about life, love and writing!
A three dimensional jigsaw puzzle
Our challenge for the weekend? Fit a three bedroom house and a gazzillion books into a shipping container… Do you think Zeus may be concerned whether his bean bag is going into storage as well?!
Half Moon Bay National Tour Dates
My fourth book, HALF MOON BAY, is about to hit the shelves in three weeks and to celebrate Penguin Australia and Get Reading Australia have teamed up to take me on tour! Here are the details with more to come on the Melbourne leg as soon as they are finalised. We kick off on FRIDAY Continue reading
And the winner is??
After much deliberation by Zeus the winner of the Advance Review Copy of HALF MOON BAY is Cath Evans. It took Capt G a while to unstick the winner’s name from Zeus’s nose after the salty sea dog buried his head in the hat! Cath, please send me your postal address and I’ll put it in Continue reading
Just around the corner…
For a journey of so many firsts it was appropriate that Capt G should catch a Spanish Mackerel on our last day at sea. It’s been an ongoing joke that trips to the supermarket don’t qualify as hunter gathering skills… So tonight we’re moored at Fitzroy Island. We watched the sun go down over Cape Continue reading
Island of Dreams
Fifteen years ago when I first landed at Dunk Island, a tiny slice of paradise half way between Cairns and Townsville, I was a newly qualified First Officer on a Twin Otter. I was mesmerised by the azure water, the tropical gardens and the tiny sunbirds nesting underneath the roof of the bush terminal. Capt Continue reading
Sublime to the ridiculous
The morning started at 4 am with a local tinnie driver doing a donut around Roo Bin Esque. Luckily I wanted to watch a meteorite shower so I was happy to be awake. Â Sadly the clouds had other ideas and for once the stars and meteorites were hidden from sight. Dawn broke with a sigh Continue reading
Today’s score card
Zeus the salty old sea dog was awarded a perfect 10 for his entry into the dingy. His dismount is a little more problematic. Capt G received an ‘A’ for effort with his casting ability. Sadly not even hitting the fish on the head with the lure resulted in a fish dinner… I received a Continue reading
Catch ups.
I hate to compress any of this wonderful journey but writing a blog a night was barely keeping my head above water  – and no that doesn’t mean the bilge pumps have stopped working! The three days without internet occurred at a time when I most wanted to shout to the world, ‘Look, isn’t this Continue reading