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David Herd aka Five Star Vagabond

July 22, 2022 by David Herd

David Herd aka Five Star Vagabond

David Herd aka Five Star VagabondDavid Herd aka Five Star Vagabond is well aware of turning 80 in July 2023. Consequently I thought it was time to put together a photo blog featuring some of my photos from the last 79 years.

The shot above is from 1990 featuring 3 of my brothers, Ian, Bryan & Warren, missing  is Neale who dropped out many years ago.

I love this photo from 1982.

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What’s not to love? I was living in a waterfront apartment in Drummoyne about 7 kilometers from the city.

Location

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I was on the 6th floor in building on the left.

My Long Winding RoadA great view of the city.

A fabulous view

Sydney Gold Coast 2013I was in Wrights Rd Drummoyne. I lived here for 6 years from 1979 before moving to Newport on the northern penninsular. 

31 Herbert Avenue Newport

Herbert Avenue Newport BeachI moved here in 1984 with my fiancee Karen Smith, sadly the relationship only lasted 3 years.

My home was on the hill overlooking the yatch club.

Karen Smith from Melbourne

Herbert Avenue Newport BeachA beautiful lady.

Another Karen

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Karen Greenwood was a gorgeous Kiwi girl who stuck around for a year or so in the late 80s. The reason it lasted so long is because I loaned her a car. 🙂

January 1987 my new home in Claymore Crescent Sorrento.

Relocate Sydney Gold Coast

I bought a house at 36 Claymore Crescent and it soon became party central.

Naturally I bought a boat

Relocate Sydney Gold Coast

A very pretty little runabout with a 150 HP Suzuki on the back.

106 Upton St Bundall

Bundall Homes Shops Brothels Racecourse

I then moved to the Gold Coast & built a beautiful house on the waterfront at Bundall.

Favourite food

Surfers Paradise sentimental journeyAussie prawns straight from the trawler & Aussie avocados.

Flashback to 1975

https://fivestarvagabond.com/melbourne danger romanceThat geogeous blond was my ex girlfriend Dianne Parkinson. We are still in contact on Facebook now in 2022, 47 years later. 🙂

The Big Apple

David Herd aka Five Star VagabondAround January 2008.

Let’s go way back to 1964

David Herd aka Five Star VagabondWith my best mate Glen Beasley on the way to London.

Angkor Wat in 2005

David Herd aka Five Star VagabondIn my opinion this was as amazing as the pyramids in Egypt.

Hong Kong in 1980

David Herd aka Five Star VagabondPart of a round trip with my friend Rob Symonds to Manila, Hong Kong, Bangkok & Bali.

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David Herd aka Five Star VagabondGraham La Roche, aka Biff, Kitty, DH & Helen Burke.

An all time favourite photo

David Herd aka Five Star VagabondThey don’t come any better than this, it was another of my famous Monday night dinner parties.

Winnie & Allison

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Winnie introduced me to this lovely 18 year old, the rest is history. 🙂

Sunday lunch at Doyles

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We were regulars at this great location, I would take my Bertram & anchor just off the beach.

Blonds everywhere

David Herd aka Five Star VagabondThe 70s was a fabulous decade.

1975 at the Melbourne cup

David Herd aka Five Star VagabondJohn Lawless & Ray Dodd. Ray has owned the Keilor Hotel since he acquired it from his father in 1974.

Death Valley

Sydney 1982 flying high enjoying lifeWay back in 1982.

Cape Town

David Herd aka Five Star VagabondThe city is fairly average but the V & A waterfront is fabulous.

Two lovely ladies

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Barbara Manelli from Florence & Dalia from Bolivia.

Carolyn Clark

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 Carolyn was my girlfriend for a year or so in the mid 90s.

Same coat different girl

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This is Emily in the 90s, she was working as a meter maid at the time. 🙂

Flash back to Parati

David Herd aka Five Star Vagabond250 km from Rio, & I have to ask the obvious question, what time can I start having fun?

On board the La Maria

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Way back in the late 60s I spent 6 months as the 7th engineer on the La Maria, cruising between Antwerp & Boston plus up the Great Lakes to Duluth & Superior.

The view from my condo in Pattaya

Clouds sunsets restaurants rain It does not get much better than this. 🙂

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Sydney Inner City Adventure

February 3, 2022 by David Herd

Sydney Inner City Adventure

Sydney Inner City Adventure

Sydney Inner City Adventure using Newtown, a diverse, bohemian neighbourhood that bustles with activity day and night, as my home base for a four day birthday celebration.

46 Egan St

Sydney Inner City Adventure

I stayed with my lovely niece Alyssa in this little terrace house about 200 meters from the main drag.  I can’t believe the rent they pay in Sydney, this little joint is $730 pw.

Sydney Inner City Adventure

Sydney Inner City Adventure

Here is Elyssa with her dad, boyfriend Chris & daughter Isabel (who doesn’t look too happy).

The best breakfast in Newtown.

Sydney Inner City Adventure

 It’s a cafe called Dr Earth & you get all this including an excellent coffee for $16.50.

Different day different cook. 🙂

Sydney Inner City Adventure

Same breakfast different style.

One of the many Newtown pubs.

Sydney Inner City Adventure

Great spot for a beer or 2 on a sunny Sunday afternoon.

Dinner at The Bach Eatery

Sydney Inner City Adventure

A delightful New Zealand restaurant serving interesting food. Bach is Kiwi talk for weekender.

Chicken liver pate.

Sydney Inner City Adventure

TripAdvisor is #2 of 128 Restaurants in Newtown.

A view of the busy main St at Bach.

Sydney Inner City Adventure

One of the many eateries offering multicultural fare which caters to locals and University of  Sydney students.

The Old Darlington School

Sydney Inner City Adventure

We walked from Newtown to Chippendale to have lunch at Central Park & passed this wonderful old Darlington School on the way.

Old Darlington School

Sydney Inner City Adventure

A fine example of a single storey Gothic Revival style suburban schools designed by the Architect to the Council of Education: George Allen Mansfield. An important public building of the former suburb of Darlington, the smallest municipality in Sydney.

Central Court

Sydney Inner City Adventure

Many more new buildings should copy this great idea with lots of plants covering the whole site. Check out THIS LINK on this wonderful building.

My lovely niece Elyssa.

Sydney Inner City Adventure

Enjoying lunch at Din Tai FungTripAdvisor rating is #1,494 of 5,042 Restaurants in Sydney.

Cruise Bar at Circular Quay

Sydney Inner City Adventure

Here is Laura another one of my lovely nieces & her husband Jordan belting out a few numbers on a cold Sunday afternoon.

Sydney Inner City Adventure with Golden Boy & the Bell. 🙂

Sydney Inner City Adventure

It was terrific catching up with this lovely couple.

Circular Quay Sydney

Sydney Inner City Adventure

 What a fabulous part of this great city.

Newtown street art

Sydney Inner City Adventure

 One man’s graffiti is another man’s street art. 🙂

Sydney Inner City Adventure

Sydney Inner City Adventure

The street art really brightens up my Sydney Inner City Adventure.

Saturday July 7 at Mr Wong

Mr Wong (15)

I celebrated my birthday with my old boss & friend from Sanyo Office Machines Ross Radford. I worked for Ross in Adelaide & Melbourne way back in the 70s.

Heading east up William Street Darlinghurst

Sydney Inner City Adventure

On my way to Woolahra for dinner at Big Mamas.

Let the games begin.

Sydney Inner City Adventure

 Pre dinner drinks with Wayne (Woody) Morris, we spent some time together in Vietnam in 2015.

Two more friends at Big mamma’s

Sydney Inner City Adventure

 Roland Bonnici & Robbie Bonett, Roland is a well known Sydney Barrister & Robbie owns Sydney Wheel Repairs and Tyres in Victoria Rd Drummoyne.

Sydney Fish Market

Sensational Sydney Fish Market

My brother Bryan Herd & Viv Kennelly, for more shots of the market just follow THIS LINK.. Many thanks for visiting my Sydney Inner City Adventure photo blog.

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Visiting Sydney 2009

August 22, 2021 by David Herd

Visiting Sydney 2009

Visiting Sydney 2009

Visiting Sydney 2009 I began with breakfast at Dee Why on a beautiful Sydney summers day. Lots of trendy restaurants opposite the beach.

My boss from 1972

Visiting Sydney 2009

 My old boss from Sanyo Office Machines Ross Radford and I caught up for lunch at a Japanese restaurant opposite the Oaks hotel in Neutral Bay . I worked for Ross in Adelaide from 1972 to 1974 then Melbourne from 1974 to 1976.

My boss from 1968, RIP.

Visiting Sydney 2009

John Sprouster my old boss from 1967 when I was a business equipment salesman for Macdougalls Ltd. After 2 years learning the trade in Sydney an autocratic general manager called Howard Barker sent me to Melbourne in 1969 as the State Sales Manager. The problem was he demoted 5 existing sales managers who all found themselves reporting to me. Of course it only took several weeks for them all to resign rather than report to a 26 yo upstart from Sydney. 🙂

Flashback to 1990

Visiting Sydney 2009

Here I am with Ross and John nineteen years earlier at the Hyatt Coolum just north of Brisbane on the sunshine coast.

Breakfast opposite Dee Why beach

Visiting Sydney 2009

This my friends is as good as it gets. 🙂

Oaks Hotel Neutral Bay

Visiting Sydney 2009

One of my favourite drinking holes for many years. Probably one of the best pubs in Australia.

Saloon bar at the Oaks

Visiting Sydney 2009

Very classy indeed. 🙂

Friends from the late 1970s

Visiting Sydney 2009

Warwick Robinson, David Herd and Steve Bates play a round at Concord Golf Club.  Steve has been living in Singapore for several years and he and Anne always let me use a spare room in their luxury apartment whenever I was passing through.  I  was there in 2013 and 2014.

My eccentric friend Peter H.

Visiting Sydney 2009

This and the next few photos I am not going to give the people’s full names, some of them are a little paranoid about being identified on the internet. Remembering of course this is not part of my travel blog just a personal photo album.

Merryl, Peter, Garry and Michael.

Visiting Sydney 2009

  Friends & neighbours of Peter.  

Peter’s view 

Visiting Sydney 2009

A nice quiet part of Sydney.

Chez Maurice & Linda, Balgowlah restaurant.

Visiting Sydney 2009

A very popular BYO restaurant with interesting French food. Usually crowded so make sure you book. The gorgeous South African blonde on the left is Phyllis, then Gary, Merryl and Peter.

Food friends Sydney 2009

Visiting Sydney 2009

Merryl and Peter, great photo, Merryl & her husband Gary now live on the Gold Coast.

Lunch at Cousin Deb’s lovely Balgowlah home.

Visiting Sydney 2009

I used to often stay at Cousin Debs home when I was in Sydney, a terrific location and great hospitality. Sadly I have now been banned as I went down the local shops one day and accidently left the door unlocked for an hour. Oh well at least I do have some great memories from before I was put on the “black list”. 🙂

With cousin Deb in 1984

Visiting Sydney 2009

Notice the top two photos are 25 years apart yet I have a glass of red in both, some things never change. 🙂

Happy group at Deb’s house

Visiting Sydney 2009

 I have known this group for over 40 years.

Sisters Carmen and Antoinette

Visiting Sydney 2009

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Tim Bristow Iron-Bar Freddy Tropical Joe

August 12, 2021 by David Herd

Tim Bristow Iron-Bar Freddy Tropical Joe

Tim Bristow Iron-Bar Freddy Tropical Joe

Tim Bristow Iron-Bar Freddy Tropical Joe may seem like an unusual name for a photo blog. I’ll reveal the origon in the next few paragraphs. The shot above was taken at my home in Newport around 1986, Tim of course also lived in Newport.

I first met Tim in 1971 after I had a run in with one of his friends. I was invited to a party in Avalon by my good friend Peter Lewis, the lady throwing the party had a rather unusual name, Hope Fairweather. 🙂 I had never seen so many glamorous women in one room in my whole life. One in Particular caught my eye & naturally I made a move on her.  After chatting to her for a while Peter whispered in my ear that I was attracting attention from Dick Plumber who was her current boyfriend.

Dianne Parkinson

Tim Bristow

As you can clearly see Di was a knockout. That’s probably a poor choice of words because that’s what nearly happened to me.

I arranged a date with Di for the following week in the city & I headed out the door, I was halfway across the lawn when Di caught up with me & gave me a kiss goodnight. Suddenly there was a mighty roar & Dick was charging across the lawn & screaming something that sounded like “I’m going to kill you”!

Just as I pushed Di out of the way Dick threw a vicious roundhouse punch which put me on the ground ,then  jumped on top of me & then we were madly wrestling around. Now the front lawn was terraced & I managed to push him down to the next level. He got back to his feet & started up the stairs to finish the job. When he got within reach I hit him with the best right cross I had ever thrown which put his teeth through his lip & caused blood to squirt all over the front of his shirt.

Well that finished the ruckus & I thought I would get “out of Dodge” in a hurry. 

However my concience was bothering me so I helped him to his feet & dragged him inside to the kitchen. The crowd that was still there were all his friends, mine had long departed. They angrilly started to ask questions about what had happened. Before I could say anything Dick spoke up & told them he had stumbled down the stairs & I had helped him inside. What a relief it was & I headed for the door, but as I got there who should appear but Di Parkingson. I then decided that I won the fight & deserved the prize. I bundled her into my MGB & headed for Bilgola Beach where we bonked on the front seat of the car.

All’s well that ends well until I found out the next morning from Peter lewis that Tim Bristow was looking for me because I had flattened his best mate. 

A week passed & I was tired of looking over my shoulder so I contacted Tim & arranged to meet. It was a harrowing experience sitting across the table from him when telling my side of the story. He stared at me for a minute or two before saying he believed my side of the story, however he said I should be careful because he will be keeping tabs on me. 🙂 

Strangely enough in the following few years we became quite friendly. I would regularly visit his home & play tennis with Sue Ellis his partner.

A terrific court

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Sue is still playing competative tennis & coaching at the age of  60+. For more info abut Sue just follow THIS LINK.

Sue & I in 2014

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This was New Years Day 2014.

Sue manages to keep the house, find the details on THIS LINK.

Sue Ellis & Diane Parkinson

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Both these lovely ladies were very close to Tim.

I introduced him to the wall

Tim Bristow

Tim loved relating stories about himself especially when he played the part of the hero which was the case in most of his tales. My favourite one of all time revolves around the time the underworld bosses put a contract on his head for some reason or other which I can’t recall.

We were sitting in his kitchen and as usual Tim had a cleaning cloth close by in case I (or anybody) happened to accidentally leave a smudge or mark on any visible surface, he was paranoid about cleanliness, as well as many other things.

Tim recalled how he tried many times to have the contract lifted but each time his request was refused. He then said “it was a Friday night and I knew they were waiting for me here in this very room”. He paused for effect and continued, “I crashed through the kitchen door and the first slug caught me here”. He shoved his very large head close to mine and pointed to a scar on his forehead, and then said “so I grabbed the guy with the gun and introduced him to the wall”.

He continued on with the story, “I grabbed the second guy and held his head on the kitchen bench and cracked it like a nut”. Now Tim had one of those hinged flaps in the kitchen which you lifted to walk behind the counter, this is what he used to immobilise the second guy.

Finally he said, “I turned around to grab the third guy but he had bolted”.

The upshot of this resulted in the gangsters lifting the contract, it seems they figured if three guys could not take out the “Big Fellow” he deserved another chance.

 

Visited in Berima jail

Tim Bristow

I visited Tim on several occasions when he was doing time in Berrima Jail, the one time that really sticks in my mind was Boxing Day 1986 or 1987, I’m not sure which.

I signed into the jail as a visitor and Tim asked in his deep gravelly booming voice “listen Dave I have a friend who does not get any visitors would you mind signing him out of his cell?” Obviously I was not going to refuse this simple request so I did. I have forgotten the guy’s name so let’s just call him John.

So the three of us were sitting on one side of a table with his friend between us enjoying our BBQ lunch. Tim leaned his huge head forward and asked “do you know what John is “in for?”

Three things to note here are, 1. Years ago Tim suffered a minor stroke and one side of his face had fallen slightly and had no feeling, (more about that later) 2. He didn’t just speak, “he roared.” 3. He had quite a warped sense of humor.

So repeating his question “do you know what John is “in for?” I answered “no Tim, I don’t have any idea.” So in his best booming voice he said “AXE MURDERER, HE KILLED TWO PEOPLE WITH AN AXE”, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha !

So picture this, here I’m sitting next to a guy with a steak knife in his hand after being informed he was a double axe murderer. I sort of lost my appetite for the rest of my lunch. I kept thinking on my drive home from Berrima how the authorities probably now had my name associated, not only with the notorious Tim Bristow but a double axe murderer as well.

Bristow on 60 minutes

In the early 1990s, Tim Bristow was named as a central figure in the Royal Commission into the building industry run by Roger Gyles QC.

Allegations were made that Bristow had been retained to deal with troublesome union members, and had gone on to various city building sites to explain in no uncertain terms that those who failed to toe the line could find themselves suffering unfortunate workplace mishaps.

It was a national scandal, but when a 60 Minutes television crew confronted him about the allegations, Tim Bristow looked disconcertingly unabashed. When questioned about incidents of workers falling from high-rise building sites, he just stared steely-eyed into the camera lens and growled menacingly, “You can’t help bad luck.”

Tim & my friend Ross Kennedy

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In 1996 my good mate Ross Kennedy and I took a road trip in my Porsche to Falls Creek for some skiing, stopping on the way at the Hunter Valley & Sydney. I knew about Rossco’s fascination with gangsters and the underworld so naturally I took him to meet Big Tim Bristow at his home in Newport.

We were there an hour or two listening to some of Tim’s stories most of which I had heard before many times. As usual Tim’s phone never stopped ringing, and there was one call Ross & I will never forget. Roger Rogerson was in many ways more notorious than Tim, he was known for being a ruthless crooked cop who shot first and asked questions later, the most famous case being where he shot and killed Warren Lanfranchi in a back alley in Chippendale.

From Wikipedia;

In 1981, Sally-Anne Huckstepp met and began a relationship with Warren Lanfranchi who was a heroin dealer and standover man who worked with Neddy Smith. In June 1981, Lanfranchi allegedly robbed a Sydney heroin dealer and later fired shots at a young policeman. In Neddy: the Life and Crimes of Arthur Stanley Smith, Smith claims that Lanfranchi asked him to negotiate a payment with then-Detective-Sergeant Roger Rogerson in order to escape being charged with the shooting. Smith claims that Rogerson had instructed him to drive Lanfranchi to a meeting with him and to disarm him in the car. Rogerson took eighteen police officers with him to the meeting. He claims that he was attempting to arrest Lanfranchi on suspicion of five bank robberies. At the meeting in Dangar Place, Chippendale, Rogerson shot and killed Lanfranchi. During the inquest into Lanfranchi’s death, Rogerson claimed self-defence. He was supported at the inquest by Smith and other police officers who were called as witnesses. The inquest found that on the balance of probabilities, Rogerson had been trying to arrest Lanfranchi, but refused to find he had acted in self-defence. The matter went to the Supreme Court and was the subject of investigations by the New South Wales Ombudsman and Internal Affairs. No action was brought against Rogerson and he was exonerated and commended for bravery.

Back to Tim’s phone call, as it turned out he was speaking to Roger Rogerson about a union problem at a work site in Parramatta, naturally we could only hear Tim’s side of the conversation. After much discussion Tim finally said “don’t worry Roger everything has been fixed, I sent around Iron Bar Freddy and Tropical Joe to do the job.”

Now Rossco and I are pretty quick on the uptake, we knew exactly what Iron Bar Freddy was good at, but to this day we are still intrigued about Tropical Joes speciality, we had a lot of fun the rest of the trip speculating on what it could be. We thought it was one of the funniest things we had ever heard, we even changed the display on our mobile phones, if Ross rang me his name would show Iron Bar Freddy and mine of course would show Tropical Joe.

Roger Rogerson

Tim Bristow

Rogerson is a former detective sergeant of the New South Wales Police Force, and a convicted murderer.  During Rogerson’s career, he was one of the most decorated officers in the police force, having received at least thirteen awards for bravery, outstanding policemanship and devotion to duty including the Peter Mitchell Trophy, the highest annual police award. During his time in office he was implicated in—but never convicted of—two killings, bribery, assault and drug dealing.

Convicted murderers Roger Rogerson (left), and Glen McNamara (right),

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One of two detectives behind the cold-blooded execution of Sydney drug dealer Jamie Gao helped dispose of the body because he feared for his own life, a court has heard. Details on THIS LINK.

Rogerson passed away in hospital on January 19 2024. Follow this link.

Here is one of my favourite stories

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Over vigarous play seems like an understatement. 🙂 

Life & times of Tim Bristow

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A very good read.

A fabulous portrait of “The Big Fellow”.

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When I visited it was propped against the wall, not to sure if Susie ever hung it or not. 🙂

A comment from an Australian Rugby international.

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Michael Patrick Thomas Lynagh, AM is an Australian former rugby union footballer who played mainly as a fly-half. Lynagh represented Australia from 1984 to 1995, playing at both inside centre and fly half. Lynagh was capped 72 times for Australia, and was captain from 1993 to 1995.

He commented that the Highlanders were a pretty filthy team at one stage, Tim Bristow and Ken Yanz were two of the most violent players I have ever seen. And of course in those days, they touch judges had no power (other than to adjudicate the touchline and goal attempts), so it was open slather.

Tim in action

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Clever cartoon describing the big fellow on the field.

Tim saves two lives

Tim Bristow Iron-Bar Freddy Tropical Joe

Big Tim was a man of many talents, Surfer, gangster, fighter & hero. 🙂

Greg Tingle is the founder and director of Media Man

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For an excellent article on the Big Fellow please follow THIS LINK. 

Tim’s son Stephen

Tim Bristow

This was taken at my home in 1992. Stephen is on the right & Greg Johson in the middle.

Here is a more recent shot of Stephen

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Following in his father’s footsteps, for many years Steve was one of the best known bouncers in Surfers Paradise. 

February 13 2003, Big Tim Bristow passes away.

Tim Bristow

The end of an era, the Big Fellow was one of a kind.

Thanks for visiting my Tim Bristow photo blog, I’m very happy to have known this legend.

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Flashback Sydenham Cellars

August 12, 2020 by David Herd

Flashback Sydenham Cellars

Flashback Sydenham Cellars

Flashback, Sydenham Cellars was the name of my liquor store from 1980 to 1985. Situated in Unwins Bridge Road adjacent to Sydenham station. The photo above was my opening night in March 1980, the gorgeous girl Debbie Don who lived near me in Drummoyne.

A closer look at Debbie.

Flashback Sydenham Cellars You must admit she is very easy on the eye. 🙂

The original shop

Flashback Sydenham CellarsAfter three years I decided to renovate & sell the business.

Let the facelift begin

Flashback Sydenham Cellars

Here I am with my best friend Madison.

Flashback, Sydenham Cellars

Flashback Sydenham Cellars Lucky for me my best friend & his brother Wolf Wotke & Hank were bricklayers.

What an improvement

Flashback Sydenham Cellars Far too classy for a downtrodden suburb like Sydenham. 🙂

Madison’s favourite spot

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Perched on top of a stack beer cartons in the middle of the shop, he scared the hell out of some of the customers. 🙂

Here he was at 6 weeks old

Flashback, Sydenham Cellars My ex girlfriend Carol Aboud decided I needed a watch dog. 🙂

This is how it looked around 2001

Flashback, Sydenham Cellars

A wholesale clothing shop.

I owned the business for 4 years & amassed losses of around $150,000 due to the council closing the road for 3 months each year for various roadworks.

This really destroyed any chance of me making a profit. Plus my clients were mainly purchasing cases of beer & cheap flagons of wine, both of which had very small profit margins. Looking back I should have done my homework on the demographics.

However it was not all bad news, I enjoyed a terrific lifestyle during these four years, I only worked 3 or 4 days a week & enjoyed myself the rest of the time on Sydney harbour in my 25′ Bertram. Check out my life in 1983.

Say no more, wink wink, nudge nudge.

Flashback, Sydenham Cellars

Life was very good as you can clearly see. 🙂

I also spent 3 months in California in 1982 while my brother Warren & auntie Dorothy looked after the store. The real upside was the decision I made at the beginning to buy the actual property, the profit when I sold was about $160,000, tax free because it was before 1984.

One of my best years ever was 1982, check it out.

Then in 1984 I got engaged to a lovely lady & sold the business. See more on THIS LINK.

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Sensational life Sydney 1983

March 4, 2020 by David Herd

Sensational life Sydney 1983

Sensational life Sydney 1983

Sensational life Sydney 1983 is no exaggeration, in fact the 80s was probably my favourite decade. A harbour side condo with my Bertram cruiser moored outside, my very own liquor store & a white Mercedes Sports.

Above are two of my best friends at the time, Wolf Wottke & Ross Ansell, we spent a lot of time in my boat on Sydney harbour & lunching at Doyle’s on the beach at Watson’s Bay.

Sydenham Cellars

Sensational life Sydney 1983 Located in Unwins Bridge Road next to the railway station. I opened it in 1980 & sold it in 1984 with a tax loss of $150,000. Luckily I owned the freehold which showed a profit of $180,000 which was tax free. That’s Madison sitting at the front door. 🙂

Boats, babes & booze

Sensational life Sydney 1983What more could a man want in life. 🙂 I feel so lucky having the fabulous life I had in the 80s, + lucky I was always a photo fanatic, & have thousands of shots to display on my photo blogs.

Marlene Cuthbert

Sensational life Sydney 1983Great lady with a sexy voice, workrd for Ansett airlines & did their announcements at the airport.

Boxing Day 1983

Sensational life Sydney 1983The start of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, we used to follow the boats out to sea.

A crowded harbour

Sensational life Sydney 1983 Throw in the choppy water & you had to be very careful to avoid collisions. 🙂

Sydney heads in the distance

Sensational life Sydney 1983Great memories of my Sensational life Sydney 1983 on the world’s best harbour. 

Peak Avenue Surfers Paradise

Sensational life Sydney 1983Here I am in the middle of a plethora of gorgeous, where else would I rather be?

Always lots of parties in Peak Ave Main Beach.

Sensational life Sydney 1983That’s Chris Adams on the left & Harley Bradstreet on the right. When I often visited I would sleep on a mattress in the garage. 🙂

Never a dull moment in Peak Avenue. 🙂

Sensational life Sydney 1983 That’s Rob Rubis on the left, a well known Gold Coast chick magnet in the fabulous 80s.

Judy Paris a pretty blonde babe

Sensational life Sydney 1983Judy was tangled up in a messy court case in 1952 when her husband Bobby Lulham was poisoned by his mother-in-law. 

A few days in Melbourne

Sensational life Sydney 1983

Ross Ansell with his 2 daughters Tanya & Fiona, Marlene Cuthbert & I stayed at Ross’s pub in Curzon St North Melbourne.

The Black Prince

Sensational life Sydney 1983Doesn’t look too special but we had some great nights there.

Back to Sydney for a Drummoyne BBQ.

Sensational life Sydney 1983I lived in Wrights Rd Drummoyne for 6 years from 1979, & wow! Diddn’t we have some parties there. Here I am with Dirk Kammerling, aka Dirk Suave.

View from my apartment

Sensational life Sydney 1983 Life was very good for me in the 80s.

This gorgeous babe live just around the corner.

Sensational life Sydney 1983 A well known Sydney model Yolande did a popular toothpaste commercial in 1969. 

Macleans Toothpaste Advert 1969

Meet Helen & Roylene

Sensational life Sydney 1983 Two of my favourite party girls.

Lets have a closer look

Sensational life Sydney 1983 One of the many dinner parties at my apartment.

Sensational life Sydney 1983

Sensational life Sydney 1983It seemed like the end of an era, meet Karen Smith who became my 3rd & final fiancee, we moved to 31 Herbert Avenue Newport & parted 3 years later. So I packed up my belongings & moved to Surfers Paradise. 🙂

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Sydney Chinese Food

January 5, 2020 by David Herd

Sydney Chinese Food

Sydney Chinese FoodSydney Chinese Food can be found at the very trendy Mr Wong in Bridge Lane not far from Circular Quay. Focusing on Cantonese food in a French Colonial setting, with a large selection of dishes including a huge dim sum selection.

Wonderful decor & atmosphere

Sydney Chinese FoodA very impressive venue as you can clearly see, with a seating capacity of 240 people.

Rather expensive as you can imagine

Sydney Chinese Food Around $100 per head which is probably not over the top for Sydney.

Too much duck is never enough. 🙂

Sydney Chinese FoodJust looking at this photo makes my mouth water.

An ideal setup for lone diners like myself

Sydney Chinese FoodThey cater for all requirements from large parties to lone diners like myself.

Large selection of Dim Sum

Sydney Chinese FoodOther than Japanese Dim Sum is my favourite way of eating.

Waiting to be cooked

Sydney Upmarket Chinese FoodFor all you amateur chefs out there who want to cook Cantones roast, just follow THIS LINK.

Sydney Chinese Food

Sydney Chinese FoodAlways nice to see the busy chefs working.

Mr Wong is owned and run by the Hemmes family, who for over 60 years,  began as an iconic fashion house started by John and Merivale Hemmes. Merivale’s fashion beginnings were soon followed by the  hospitality business, opening a Thai tea café within their Sydney CBD fashion building in 1970. From here, Merivale’s hospitality roots were firmly planted.

Merivale is now led by CEO Justin Hemmes, whose creativity and knack for pushing the boundaries has made Merivale what it is today. Hemmes has become a pioneer within the Australian hospitality industry, growing the ever-expanding Merivale portfolio to over 70 brands and venues.

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Sydney Chinese Food

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My Long Winding Road

November 8, 2019 by David Herd

My Long Winding Road

David Herd Family History

My Long Winding Road has been a wonderful journey, born way back on July 7 1943, & grew up in the western suburbs of Sydney Australia. One of the great benefits to me with this photo blog, is I get to re-live all the fabulous experiences in my life, I’m certain that without photos as a reminder, I probably would forget 80% of what I have done in life.

I was the eldest of 5 boys with the most wonderful parents any child could wish for.

Rather than focus on the early years just follow THIS LINK for lots of old photos of all the family.

This post covers memories from the 60s & 70s, part 2 will be the 80s & 9os.

Please note this is not part of my travel blog, it is my online photo album.

My 21st birthday in 1964

David Herd Family History

We celebrated a couple of months early as I was about to leave for England on the cruise ship Fairsea with my best friend Glen Beasley. Here is the story of THE CRUISE.

May 1964

My Long Winding Road

After 18 months of working 2 jobs, I just qualified as a toolmaker, plus I worked weekends for Don Talbert the Australian swimming coach, my friend Glenn Beasley and I prepared to leave on May 7th to sail to England on the Fairsea. Just before I left I took my young brothers the the barber and had them shorn. They loved the new haircuts but poor Mum almost fainted. 🙂

A girlfriend from the 60s.

My Long Winding Road

Veronica Crocker lived at south Granville, such a sweet beautiful lady, in fact breaking up with her really motivated me to head overseas. I have been so lucky to have know so many GORGEOUS GIRLS.

My Long Winding Road

My Long Winding Road

Halfway to England we took in some very famous sights.

The White Lion Hotel in Cobham

My Long Winding Road

Glen & I worked as barmen for a few months, I think we drank as much as we served. 🙂

7th Engineer on the La Marea

My Long Winding Road

After 12 months away I needed to earn some money to pay for my trip home. Spent a few months working on the ship, we took Volkswagens to America & bought back grain to Europe.

My first job in Sales

My Long Winding Road

 I joined Macdougals LTD in Clarence St Sydney in 1966 selling Victor calculators, this was the year of decimal changeover. Then in 1969 I became Victorian state sales manager for Victor calculators, Smith Corona typewrites, Elliot addressing machines & SCM copiers. I had a staff of 30 salesmen, & what a shit fight that was.

The Hydro Majestic at Medlow Bath around 1968.

My Long Winding Road

Adrian Yates, Ian Rich & Paul Webber. 

Another year at the Hydro

My Long Winding Road

 A big team had a great weekend.

Moved to Melbourne in 1969

My Long Winding Road

Living in Alma Rd St Kilda & working in Swanston St in the city.  From the left we have David Adams, aka the Animal, Adrian Yates, Mike Wright, DH, Graham Edwards & ???.

Sydney 1971

My Long Winding Road

Moved back to Sydney after 2 years in Melbourne, here I am with good friend Peter Lewis & one of his many girlfriends Marilyn.

Living in Adelaide 1973.

My Long Winding Road

This shot was taken at a party I organised on the beach at Semaphore in 1973, at the home of Maria Martin. Lots of photos HERE.

The music in the 70s produced many of my all time favourite songs, here are 3 of those.

Piano man 1973

Hotel California 1977

Suttans of Swing 1978

Darwin airport 1972

My Long Winding RoadAnsett hosties & Arch Wilke (RIP) an ex north Adelaide Aussie rules player.

The following day

My Long Winding Road

Manton dam south of Darwin.

Anzac Highway Plymton in Adelaide.

My Long Winding Road

 The cool dude on the right is Grahame Farquhar who was one of my regular drinking partners. I last saw him in 2014.

Melbourne Cup 1975

My Long Winding Road

Di Lett & the man in the black hat. 🙂

Wood St North Melbourne

My Long Winding Road

I transferred from Adelaide to Melbourne with Sanyo, in 1973, lived there 2 years & met many new & interesting people, got engaged to a beautiful lady and narrowly escaped an attempt on my life. 🙂 I was 1 year at Lexton Grove Windsor & 1 at North Melbourne.

I love this photo

My Long Winding Road

It was 1975, I’m with Di Parkinson, her brother Phil, Wolf Wottke & Angie.

A little bit of erotica. 🙂

My Long Winding Road

As they say in the classics, two ladies called  Dianne are better than one. 🙂

The Herd family in 1979

My Long Winding Road

 A rare photo of the five brothers together with our beautiful Mother.

Adelaide in 1975

My Long Winding Road

Sadly as time goes by we lose some friends, that’s Hank Wottke between Angie & Parko, he passed away while living in Western Australia, RIP. Kneeling at the front is Trevor Beach, worked for City Ford in Sydney for a number of years, RIP old buddy.

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Shuck more oysters please

August 28, 2019 by David Herd

Shuck more oysters please

Beachfront restaurant Pattaya Shuck more oysters please they taste wonderful, and did you know that American and Italian researchers found they are rich in amino acids, which  trigger increased levels of sex hormones. Consequently their high zinc content aids the production of testosterone.  This photo blog will feature many of the places in this wonderful world where I have indulged my love of this incredible delicacy. The photo above is from the Surf & Turf restaurant in Pattaya Thailand where I enjoyed lunch on Friday August 24 2019.

Look at these beauties

Shuck more oystersI was in Sendai in Japan in June 2018 at Ostra de Ole restaurant & found that the Monday special offered half price oysters, I thought I was in heaven, sitting in a great little oyster bar drinking ice cold beer, listening to Abba singing Dancing Queen, & waiting on my 10 oysters to arrive. And as I said, tonight they were half price, 300 Baht or $12 AUD, priceless. 

I’m a very happy guy.

Shuck more oystersMy waiter Ryuichiro Yamamoto a nice young university student who was studying Space Engineering, rolled up with a bonus 3 oysters on the house.  Shuck more oysters please Shuck more oysters please Keep them coming buddy, I’ll tell you when to stop. 🙂

The Oyster Bar at Marina Pier Glenelg South Australia.

Shuck more oysters My old friend Dennis Young from the 70s & I are enjoying Coffin Bay oysters. Coffin Bay is a 700 km drive from Adelaide via Port Augusta or a 50 minute flight from Adelaide to Port Lincoln Airport.

Two dozen oysters = two days food poisoning on Copacabana Beach

Copacabana Rio de Janeiro I was totally out of it for 48 hours after eating these oysters on the beach, this was way back in 2006.

The Evil eye

Copacabana Rio de Janeiro The look on his face should have warned me about eating his oysters. He even had madman printed on his cap. 🙂

Back in Brazil in 2009

Shuck more oystersAnd back on a beach in Florianopolis pigging out on oysters au naturel. Oysters are good for your heart. They are high in omega – 3 fatty acids, potassium and magnesium which can help reduce your risk of heart attack, stroke and lower blood pressure. 

Pataya Thailand in 2003

Shuck more oystersI’m at one of the waterfront restaurants in the famous Walking Street.

Gold Coast Australia at Chevron Island seafood.

Shuck more oystersThis is the best seafood shop on the Gold Coast, that’s my old friend Frank who always looks after me.

Shuck more oysters please

Chevron Island Surfers Paradise I have been eating oysters here for 30 years.

El Mercado in Bangkok

Shuck more oystersCurrently the best value oysters in the northern hemisphere. 🙂

Oysters from Cancle in France

Shuck more oysters A huge selection from the Brittany coast. For prices & information please check out THIS LINK. Renowned for its oyster production, the commune of Cancale is located in Brittany, in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine. Fishing port, it takes place at the western end of the Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, on the Emerald Coast, about fifteen kilometers from Saint-Malo.  Prices at El Mercado Shuck more oysters please  From as low as B35 or $170 AUD each.

June 2022

https://fivestarvagabond.com/shuck-more-oysters-please/ A huge jump in prices.

Do I enjoy the oysters at El Mercado?

Shuck more oystersYou bet your bloody life I do. 🙂

Finally we are at Port Macquarie on the west coat of Australia.

Shuck more oysters People either love them or hate them. If you love them, head to the NSW mid-north coast, where a string of oyster farmers have opened up their doors to oyster lovers who know that fresh from the farm is best.

First trip to Tokyo in 2007

Shuck more oysters pleaseThe quality of food in Japan is wonderful.

Dining with Phil & Junko

Shuck more oysters pleaseThis was my first trip to Japan & I was very lucky to have my friends show me the ropes.

Life does not get much better than this.

Great food Waterfront Cape Town Add a stunning view, excellent decor and very efficient staff to the great food and you have all the ingredients for a perfect lunch in Cape Town.

The Kitchen Pattaya

Shuck more oysters please Oysters from France delivered fresh every Thursday & usually sold out by Friday.

$42 AUD per dozen

Shuck more oysters pleaseThey add ++ in Thailand for tax & a service charge, very annoying being forced to tip 10%. Thanks for visiting my Shuck more oysters photo blog. I’m planning to visit Canale in France in 2020 to totally pig out on their wonderful oysters fresh from the sea.

Pattaya seafood market

Shuck more oysters please Thai oysters at B40, or $1.30 USD.

Large Thai oyster

Shuck more oysters please I only tried one & it was better than I expected, even without lemon etc. We will include in our next oyster night.

Oysters at Central Festival Pattaya

Food review Pattaya 2020These oysters were on special, B360 or $11 USD for 9 & they tossed in one for free. 🙂 Certainly the best value I have found in Thailand.

Tuesday oysters special in Pattaya

Oysters Beach Club PattayaThe Beach Club at the Pullman hotel from 3 pm every Tuesday they serve fabulous oysters from France for B30 a piece. Of course being an upmarket hotel the Pullman adds ++ to the price, 7% VAT & 10% service which brings the price to B35 or $1’60 AUD. About $19 per dozen making it the best value I have found in Thailand.

Great value here…

L'Auberge French Restaurant Pattaya

At L’Auberge in Pattaya  fine de claire from France are on special, B570 per dozen, or $23 AUD.

Belon oysters

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February 11 2022 & L’Auberge were sold out of fine de claire so I ordered the Belon oysters. Belons are the native oyster of Europe. They are an entirely different genus from the rest of our oysters. They act different, and they taste different. Way different. Love ’em or leave ’em. 

Menton on the French riviera

Shuck more oysters please Many of the oysters I eat here in Thailand come from France. Here are some I actualy ate in France. 🙂

Hamish Elton

Hamish Elton Oyster ManHamish eats more oysters than I do simply because he has more money than I do. 🙂 Consequently I have christened “The Oyster Man”. Check out Hamish Elton “The Oyster Man”.

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Beachfront restaurant Pattaya

August 24, 2019 by David Herd

Beachfront restaurant Pattaya

Beachside pattaya restaurant

Beachfront restaurant Pattaya is aptly named Surf & Turf & is rated number 100 out of 1187 restaurants in Pattaya. For far better food photographs than in this post just check out THIS LINK for my previous Surf & Turf photo blog.

Location

Beachfront restaurant Pattaya On the beach next door to the Long Beach Garden Hotel.

Beachfront restaurant Pattaya

Beachfront restaurant Pattaya A fairly ordinary front entrance.

Air conditioned inside section

Beachfront restaurant Pattaya It’s much nicer inside which you can clearly see.

Catering for the smokers

Beachfront restaurant Pattaya The further away from me the better. 🙂

Inside in the aircon.

Beachfront restaurant Pattaya Especially during the day the front area beside the beach is the most popular part of the restaurant.

Another outdoor area

Beachfront restaurant Pattaya There is quite a number of different sections in this popular Beachfront restaurant Pattaya.

This is the beachside section

Beachfront restaurant Pattaya No aircon but they have plenty of fans & there is usually a beautiful breeze coming off the ocean.

An unusual dish

Beachfront restaurant Pattaya My friend ordered snapper, as you can see the portion was rather small & there was a skewer of beef with it.

Here is the seared tuna

Beachfront restaurant Pattaya Rather delicious.

Chicken Satay

Beachfront restaurant Pattaya The peanut sauce was excellent.

Oysters from France

Delicious, rather expensive here, around B500 or $24 AUD for 6, double what I pay at El Mercado in Bangkok.

My 2 Australian friends

Beachfront restaurant Pattaya Ian Fraser-Smith & David Robertson from the Gold Coast in Australia are regular visitors to Pattaya. They were both impressed with the food at the Surf & Turf.

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