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BALLINA BOY: A child's odyssey through the 1950s

BALLINA BOY: A child's odyssey through the 1950s

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The water was as smooth as glass, and with a hint of diesel oil on the surface I could see all the colours of the rainbow . . . we were not there just to catch fish but to dream.
This is the story of my childhood in Ballina in the 1950s. Packed with adventure on the bustling Richmond River; filled with fascination for my father's medical practice, despite its intrusion into our family life; and enriched by his enquiring, scholarly mind, these years offered a way of life that I loved, and that exists no longer.
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