Turned 58 last month. First 4.5 years (1957-1961) grew up in Edgecliff Road Woollahra. Became very well known in the region for breaking out of home only to come back later with heaps and heaps of dogs. Even catched the bus a few times until I ended up in Darlinghurst Police Station where Mum would finally collect me. Was sexually abused many times during the last two years. Mum is Greek Cypriot & deceased dad was Greek. Have younger sister and brother living in outskirts of Brisbane. Dad was involved in the United Nations - went to war in Korea.
From 4.5 until 11, family moved to a large mixed business on Victoria Road Rydalmere. Went to Rydalmere Public School and first term at Macquarie Boys High. Due to juke box, pinball machines and pool tables in the shop, grew up with the British Music Invasion, American and Aussie Music, etc, etc. Deeply loved the music from mid 1965 to 1969. Became very good at snooker. As a ten year old was consistently beating highly skilled players 20 years older than me. Was not interested in going all-the-way - many were pushing me to go down that road. Have not played for over 30 years now.
Dad introduced me to Ron Lynch who lived close by and through Dad and Ron got to know Ken and Dick Thornett and many other Parra players. Ken and Ron were my idols/heroes. Went to many games @ Cumberland and to the SCG and the old Sports Ground. When I was allowed to play sports outside of school, played cricket and RL. Mostly worked in parents business which was always very busy 7 days per week.
From 11 to 16, parents again separated and Mum purchased a home in Waverley/Bronte for $12k. Went to Dover Boys High, then Waverley College as a day boy where I got expelled (down-the-line repercussions for nearly killing a brother who tried to sexually abuse me). Then went to Randwick North until I left school @ 15 to become an apprentice butcher.
When 11 (1969) next door neighbours introduced me to the Doors, the Eagles, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, David Bowie, Cat Stevens, Chicken George/Little Feat, Genesis, Jethro Tull........ heaps and heaps of awesome overseas bands/artists and with my elder cousin and friends living close by, they introduced me to all other types of music including some of the above and for 5 years used to break in to heaps and heaps of live concerts @ the Showground, Hordern Pavillion, Randwick Racecourse, etc, saw heaps of world class acts, Led Zep, Sabbath, etc, etc, etc, including others like T-Rex, Osibisa, Santana, heroin filled Eric Clapton doing the Ocean Boulevard tour (awful live concert) Gary Glitter, Adam Ant. When 13 next door neighbours introduced me to pot and lsd when I was 15 (gave it all up when I turned 21).
From 16 onwards went through heaps of different jobs until I travelled and got involved in alternative community lifestyles between 1978-1981 and witnessed so many disasters of mostly good people unable to work together long-term.
1976-78 put a band together and was given keys to the old Horseshoe theatre on Oxford Street Woollahra opposite Centennial Park where we rehearsed and put on private shows/jam sessions, always with lots of drugs and plenty of girls and Neville Wran was our neighbour who I got into a few skirmishes with him. LOLLLLL (say no more - he left us alone for good reasons).
During the 60's, Dad introduced me to Mickey Rooney and I went gambling with him when he was in Australia. Met many other International Stars through Mickey back then. Dad had racehorses, trotters and greyhounds and I was good at picking winners. Made money which parents kept and used. Never saw any of it when I got older. Used to collect coke bottles to hand in for cash to be used for gambling. One night at the trots Harold Park, made over $4000.00 from the few $ made from finding coke bottles. Dad and Mickey did my bidding. Mum took the dosh and never saw any of it again. As I got older, 13-15 never gambled again, was not interested.
1981 created a second band and our first major gig was in front of up to 30,000 people opening a weekend festival called Tanelorn outside of Newcastle with Santana's Keith Casey playing percussion, Johhny Didge on didge and other guitsrists, bass player and drummer performing original rock fusion music I made happen and which had agents clamouring for us to go overseas with contracts thrown at us left, right and centre. But the group disbanded and in hindsight am very glad we did that. Bands like INXS, Midnight Oil and even Rodrigues played after us.
1982-1986 got into Rudolph Steiner education working with children and mostly with the severely disabled. Then got into business late 1986 to 2005 to make the millions only for Macquarie Bank to steal our primary assets and destroyed our two business cash flows forcing us close to destitution and poverty, thus began Love For Life and we never went to our extended Greek family connections for help (even when they came to help we said no). We wanted to go it all alone, especially after all the death threats started rolling in. Best thing we ever did.
From there, all the Love For Life insights unfolded, more than 330 million unique browsers/ip addresses have visited our insight work.
Then came the growing home recording studio which has grown twice the size since I last mentioned it in this forum. Slow as it is, have turned myself into a recording engineer and song-writer/producer/arranger and with my partner assisting with lyrics.
With creating a large food forest vege garden have gone through a huge healing (with partner too) and have been helping the youth for free to overcome suicide, etc, many of them having to live with us to really help them. We became raw-living food eaters 8 years ago - best thing we ever did - we have hundreds of awesome recipes, we grow most of the foods and create most of the recipes, with other Love For Life supporters of Kindom.
A large movement is unfolding across Earth now to co-create Kindoms and this is our primary focus.
We have 4 daughters 16, 14, 11, 8 and love them deeply.
