Archive - From the Bush to Bush House and Beyond

Chapter 17: Our illegal visit to Russia

Fascinating time spent in Moscow and Leningrad

Jul 17 •

Ian D Richardson

Chapter 16: Our visit to India

A visit to Delhi via stop-overs in Saigon and Bangkok.

Jul 9 •

Ian D Richardson

June 2024

Chapter 15: adventures abroad 1968

Setting out for London via Hong Kong, Macau, India and Russia

Jun 29 •

Ian D Richardson

May 2024

Chapter 14: Excitement and fun with 3AW

And an important marriage in Bendigo

May 28 •

Ian D Richardson

April 2024

Chapter 13: Life in a big city radio station

When I was with Radio 3BO Bendigo the newsroom editor David Horsfall and I would sometimes contribute stories to Radio Melbourne 3AW. Out of the blue, I…

Apr 9 •

Ian D Richardson

March 2024

Chapter 12: Bendigo and romance on the dance floor

I had a couple of girlfriends in my first year in Bendigo. They were both very nice, but the relationships were not likely to end in marriage. Then I…

Mar 26 •

Ian D Richardson

Chapter 11: Bendigo - radio and hypnotism

Bendigo is a most attractive former gold mining city with outstanding architecture from the Victorian era. It was a huge change of both location, life…

Mar 10 •

Ian D Richardson

February 2024

Chapter 10: Charlton - my final years as resident

I’m told that I should confess to having a criminal past in my sub-teens. I collected a lot of ha’pennies with the intention of doubling their value by…

Feb 12 •

Ian D Richardson

Chapter 9: Charlton - more adventures

An annual event in Charlton was the Agricultural Show.

Feb 3 •

Ian D Richardson

January 2024

Chapter 8: Charlton - dancing and other things

As explained in the previous chapter, I spent Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in Quambatook producing the Quambatook Times. I was back in Charlton for the…

Jan 27 •

Ian D Richardson

Chapter 7: Quambatook - My time as editor and just about everything.

In a moment of utter madness, my widowed mother, Rena M Richardson, bought two weekly newspapers based in Quambatook, Victoria, the Quambatook Times and…

Jan 22 •

Ian D Richardson

Chapter 6: My youth in Shepparton, Victoria

Late in 1955 my mother, Rena Richardson, decided I should finish my printing apprenticeship with the Shepparton News. Shepparton is a very pleasant city…

Jan 20 •

Ian D Richardson

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