Hi, thought it was about time for an update ! I've been a bit distracted recently with a new job in the little country town of Yandina near Noosa on the Sunshine Coast. This has meant staying up there in my campervan and traveling back at weekends ... however things are changing as I'm now working a 3 day week which gives me more time to pursue my music again. Hopefully you've checked out The' Koala Blues EP' which is up on all the major music websites. There is one song in particular which seems to be attracting attention and that is 'The Crocodile Hunter' a song about Steve and Bob Irwin which I wrote after reading Bob Irwin's book. The EP is currently with the State Education department for consideration to be added to the education syllabus - so fingers crossed. Unfortunately a State election has now been called for the 25th November so I don't expect anything to happen until that is out of the way, however the current Labor government are bringing in some really strong environmental policies so hopefully they'll get back in easily. One of the problems as a singer/songwriter is how to get your new songs recorded. The music industry is forever changing and long gone are the days where a single would suddenly pop up from nowhere in the charts along with recording contracts etc. I have posted a 'home recording' of a song I wrote recently called 'Takarakka' about a trip I took to the beautiful Carnarvon Gorge. It was great to see the song go straight to No.1 in the N1M Folk chart just in it's current state and I guess I have you guys to thanks for that. It really would be good to record it ... I really think it's the type of song people can identify with. I have another song called 'Old Petrie Town' which is much in the same vein about a local historic village ... another I'd really like to get recorded ! I've also released 'Change of Situation' on the music websites, again I have some more songs in this vein called 'Special Friends', 'My Sweet Valentine', 'Career Girl' all of which are strong songs but not recorded ... and have just released 'The Silent ANZAC' in time for the 99th anniversary of Armistice Day. This song was recorded with legendary Australian guitarist Phil Emmanuel (brother of Tommy), and features guitars made from the wood of one of the WW1 troopships the RMS Olympic, a sistership of the Titanic and got this amazing review from Eric Bogle writer of THE best antiwar song of all time 'The Band Played Waltzing Matilda': 'To my knowledge, which is admittedly imperfect, “The Silent ANZAC”. is the only song about a WWI submarine that has ever been written! Nice atmospheric arrangement, and the song remains true to the story of the AE2, which I have read about on couple of occasions. So ... as you can see the question is which direction to go in, and how !!! Please let me know, your thoughts and your reviews really matter ! Thanks, Dave