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I came to Australia, age 12, with my parents and our friends, the van Hoorns, on the ship: 'Johan van Oldenbarnevelt'


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Imme


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"If it's worth doing, it's worth doing well."

I'm quoting a former "boss" -  as we used to call the principals (our supervisors) of the primary/public schools where we taught ( Read more... )

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It's been a year and two months, since I last wrote in my journal, here, about a hobby that I thoroughly enjoyed, in the late seventies:
Presenting one-hour radio programs, in the Dutch language, via (SBS) Radio 2EA, in Sydney, a few times (3) monthly.
A week or so ago I was reminded of those days again, when I was shown the old and the new studios ( Read more... )