just about done here folks ..

by peterbowes on February 18, 2025

A man has to know .. and thanks to you all ..

pete

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Al R #

You’re leaving?

February 18, 2025

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- peterbowes #
  
  Best be gone than be ordinary ..
  
  February 18, 2025
  
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  - Al R #
    
    You have never been ordinary Pete. What will we read?
    
    February 18, 2025
    
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peterbowes #

what can I say, there are over a thousand of posts here that map a course of life, like mine, like yours.

February 18, 2025

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- Al R #
  
  Well I hope you do more, and thanks for all of it so far.
  
  February 18, 2025
  
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fearless912bd7f85c #

you will be missed

February 19, 2025

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shane21fisher #

Thanks Pete for all the wonderfully funny stories (and some wonderfully sad ones to) and great writing and the friendship over the years and being one of few, in fact the only one, apart from a primary school teacher ages ago, (and that includes my mum) seeing I had some ability in writing. Also the forbearance of my sometimes late night drunken weekend indecipherable missives, that I like to call stream of consciousness thinking (some might call it stream of shite, but whatever). I’d forgotten that is a great part of mateship, putting up with a mates flaws, that makes a long time epistolary relationship somewhat special.

Not sure what I will do on a late Saturday night when I am inspired to write by liquid motivation. Though that habit is getting less and less frequent now, blocked by most avenues not understanding my genius and being tired and can’t be buggered trying to flog my screenplays anymore, mind you, there is always email.

I was going to use a surfing metaphor to see you off, but you and I really didn’t talk much about surfing, so I won’t do that. More of writing metaphor maybe, something like may your pen never run out of ink (Gawwd), or may your hand never slow across the page, (talk about shite). Writing this I remember in the closing scene of my Screenplay OPPY (about Hubert Opperman the cyclist) Oppy is aged in his nineties and he is at home on a exercise bike, after all the miles pedalling he is still going. But his heart finally gives out and his pedalling slowed as he pressed the distress button for his loving wife to come help him(apparently how he really died).

Whatever you do till the end, it will be as full and joyous as all your life has been.

February 19, 2025

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- peterbowes #
  
  You’ve been with me from day one, you old rascal .. and a long life to you.
  
  February 19, 2025
  
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D. Bennison #

Not gone while your amazing writing is available to read… and the absolute opposite of ordinary. So proud to have published all your work:

Bloodlines

Lineage

Generations

The Bookmaker from Rabaul

The Next Headland

All available on Amazon. Find out more at bennisonbooks.wordpress.com

And I think there’s life in the old dog yet 🙂 x

February 20, 2025

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- shane21fisher #
  
  If I finally get to travel Oz, I will take Xavier Herberts Poor Fellow, My Country and all of Petes books (also some of Tim Wintons books, though I am still angry with him for some reason I cannot explain to myself still).
  
  Xaviers book is a brick and Petes books are tiles. Can’t wait till I am in the bush somewhere where the hours will be idled to a great degree.
  
  February 27, 2025
  
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D. Bennison #

At last! My comment got through. I’ve been trying to do this since yesterday. Wouldn’t accept me commenting as ‘Bennison Books’ or any other variations of any of my emails. Finally used an icloud one and had to subscribe again 🙂

February 20, 2025

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peterbowes #

thanks Benno, we were a team weren’t we, and Angie is reading Headland for the 50th time.

February 20, 2025

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Murray Nolan #

Loved all your river st/Ballina analysis, so accurate. I hung out for each educational, entertaining post. You will be missed. Thank you and wish you the greatest of health and luck

February 26, 2025

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- peterbowes #
  
  Thanks Murray ..
  
  February 26, 2025
  
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