Hey there!
Hi, my name is Dave and I was a full time truck driver but I am now retired and a part time writer. I’m a patriotic Aussie and am passionate about Early Australian History.
I have two books out now, Juvenile Sailors, and my new one, The Panther has Landed. You already know about Juvenile Sailors but The Panther has Landed is a non-fiction tale and a memoir of my time spent playing AFL on the Central Coast. As with the first book this one is full of more than 143 years of the history of AFL in the Hunter and Central Coast regions of NSW and predominately follows the founding of local AFL on the Central Coast, particularly the rise and ultimate dominance of the Terrigal/Avoca Panthers who became the most successful AFL club on the Central Coast.
Want to find out more? Tap onto my books.
How did I become so interested in early Australian history?
Long story but the short version is that I had the story line for a book in my head and not seeing myself as a writer I tried to ignore it but it wouldn’t go away so I had no choice but to write it down. Sound familiar, I bet there are a lot of people going through the same thing.
Anyway, one thing led to another and I found myself going to the library to research the background for the book. Because the story was based in Sydney (previously Port Jackson) in 1803 I found myself unearthing all this early Australian history that I knew nothing about. Certainly none of it was taught at my school and probably not many others either, since the education department must follow a certain curriculum.
