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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 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.

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

Location

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

A great view of the city.

A fabulous view

I 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

I 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

A beautiful lady.

Another Karen

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.

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

Naturally I bought a boat

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

106 Upton St Bundall

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

Favourite food

Aussie prawns straight from the trawler & Aussie avocados.

Flashback to 1975

That geogeous blond was my ex girlfriend Dianne Parkinson. We are still in contact on Facebook now in 2022, 47 years later. 🙂

The Big Apple

Around January 2008.

Let’s go way back to 1964

With my best mate Glen Beasley on the way to London.

Angkor Wat in 2005

In my opinion this was as amazing as the pyramids in Egypt.

Hong Kong in 1980

Part of a round trip with my friend Rob Symonds to Manila, Hong Kong, Bangkok & Bali.

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Graham La Roche, aka Biff, Kitty, DH & Helen Burke.

An all time favourite photo

They don’t come any better than this, it was another of my famous Monday night dinner parties.

Winnie & Allison

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

Sunday lunch at Doyles

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

Blonds everywhere

The 70s was a fabulous decade.

1975 at the Melbourne cup

John Lawless & Ray Dodd. Ray has owned the Keilor Hotel since he acquired it from his father in 1974.

Death Valley

Way back in 1982.

Cape Town

The city is fairly average but the V & A waterfront is fabulous.

Two lovely ladies

Barbara Manelli from Florence & Dalia from Bolivia.

Carolyn Clark

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

Same coat different girl

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

Flash back to Parati

250 km from Rio, & I have to ask the obvious question, what time can I start having fun?

On board the La Maria

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.