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Bob Hawke, the ‘Silver Bodgie’ — even kids thought he was cool (Photos courtesy Bill McAuley | billmcauleyphotographer.com) A birds-eye of Bob’s “bodgie”: Australia’s 23rd prime minister, Bob Hawke, being mobbed by adoring Aussie school kids. (Photo, circa 1988.) The late PM was nicknamed “The Silver Bodgie” by the Australian media because he wore his silver-grey hair in bodgie style. […]
Jets and G-forces: When playing ‘Roulette’ is just another day at the office (Photos courtesy Bill McAuley | billmcauleyphotographer.com) It’s not often your working day begins with the instruction: ‘You’re sitting on a live bomb, Bill. If you pull the ejection handle, this baby will blow you right out of the cockpit…’ (Photos, 1988.) For most […]
James Reyne — All lit up (Photo courtesy Bill McAuley | billmcauleyphotographer.com) Frontman of Australian Crawl singer/songwriter James Reyne “mumbled” his way to producing top ten hits, such as ‘The Boys Light Up‘ and ‘Reckless‘. (Photo, circa 2000.) Disbanding in 1986, the beloved Aussie rock band was named after the front crawl swimming style, commonly known as the “Australian crawl”. Today, Reyne continues to enjoy a successful […]
John Williamson — He doesn’t mind a gum tree(Photo courtesy Bill McAuley | billmcauleyphotographer.com) John Williamson AM is an Australian country music and folk music singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, TV host and proud conservationist. (Photo, circa 1990s.) According to Wikipedia, he has released over 50 albums and has sold more than 4,000,000 albums in Australia. His best-known hit is arguably ‘True Blue‘, but if you toss his name […]
Rigger in the sky: Now that’s a “high flyer”!(Photo courtesy Bill McAuley | billmcauleyphotographer.com) A window cleaner goes to work dangling 55 stories above Collins Street in Melbourne. (Photo, 1998.) This picture was taken from the Rialto, a skyscraper built by Australian businessman Bruno Grollo. While I was on location, Grollo actually ran at the glass and “bumped” back […]