My oldest memory of a significant shark encounter was at the Bay of Islands 60 odd years ago. My mum and I were swimming 50 metres off the beach. I was getting cold so I went in. Suddenly I saw a large fin and tail tip skimming the surface 20 metres from me and between my mum and the beach. As calmly as I could I called out, “Mum, you had better come in. There’s a shark
I have considered myself to be an artist my whole life. It’s been an interest ever since I could hold a pencil at two and a half years old, when mum showed me how to draw circles.
Seven of us chipped in and bought an old Ford Transit van with a few mattresses in the back and off we went, all happy to leave the perpetual greyness of England.
I have a huge passion for all art
and love, the euphoric energy
that comes from creating art that brings joy to someone.
My favourites are Jiu-Jitsu and Kickboxing. I started doing kickboxing in 2017 with Vaughn Condon when I was 7 years old
over at Cooks Beach in the hall. And I started Jiu-Jitsu in 2020 when the new Evolution Fitness gym opened up with TOA Martial Arts
My oldest memory of a significant shark encounter was at the Bay of Islands 60 odd years ago. My mum and I were swimming 50 metres off the beach. I was getting cold so I went in. Suddenly I saw a large fin and tail tip skimming the surface 20 metres from me and between my mum and the beach. As calmly as I could I called out, “Mum, you had better come in. There’s a shark
I have considered myself to be an artist my whole life. It’s been an interest ever since I could hold a pencil at two and a half years old, when mum showed me how to draw circles.
Seven of us chipped in and bought an old Ford Transit van with a few mattresses in the back and off we went, all happy to leave the perpetual greyness of England.
I have a huge passion for all art
and love, the euphoric energy
that comes from creating art that brings joy to someone.
My favourites are Jiu-Jitsu and Kickboxing. I started doing kickboxing in 2017 with Vaughn Condon when I was 7 years old
over at Cooks Beach in the hall. And I started Jiu-Jitsu in 2020 when the new Evolution Fitness gym opened up with TOA Martial Arts
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