A photo taken around 1965 showing me and my big brother and my mother.

A photo showing me and James with our cousin Robbie.

A photo showing me and James next to the hydrangeas.

A photo showing me and James in our school uniforms.

A photo showing me and James in winter holding flowers.

A photo showing me and James in naughty mode in the garden.

This photo shows mum, James and me at Circular Quay with our cousins - Chris and Michael.

Grandma Bea gives us the thumbs up. This photo is taken at our house in the upstairs lounge.

Madge Johansen (nee Dean, centre) lives in New Zealand but occasionally visits Oz. This photo is dated June 1970. She is with gran and mum.

Photo of me taken in 1972, the year we moved to Watsons Bay.

Another photo of me taken in 1972, intently reading a Tintin book.

These photos are dated October 1973. Here my brother Peter paints a model aircraft, a favourite pastime.

And so do I. Mine is a B-29 Superfortress.

Although she lives in Melbourne, occasionally grandma Bea (nee Kewish) visits us in Sydney. Snapped here with Peter, Doug, Robbie, me, and Clare.

This is dated February 1974. Dad sails Hobie Cats at Vaucluse Yacht Club. We kids start out with a Sabot, racing with the Vaucluse Amateur 12ft Sailing Club just around the point at Kutty Beach. Later, I will sail a Laser, then a Windsurfer.

My yellow room is complemented by a yellow beanbag. Photo dated March 1975.