This is the story of my entry into the world and even though I was more than 60 years of age before I started writing about all this, it is the journey through my life up until 66 years of age.

For those of you from other than Australia, you may find differences in expressions and grammar and spelling to what you are customarily used to.

Being born and bred Australian, I speak British English. After all British English preceded anything else other lands might have spoken, derived from original British English.

Even here in Australia, we have taken liberties from time to time, from our language. For example, Aussie slang or "strine" departs from correct English a lot of times.

I have appreciated all the help I have had in fixing things in this book. Making things clearer, at times. However, from different parts of the world, there will always be a different interpretation of how I say things in this book. As you read, please bear all the foregoing in mind.

Finally, let me say, this is not a fictional novel. We have not sought to titillate, entertain or thrill in the pages of this book. If anything we have written in here has encouraged you or helped you in some way, then that is our intent in bringing this to you.

Names of any persons still living at the time of writing have been changed.

Mrs Tammy Fraser, the wife of a former Australian Prime Minister, has a favourite saying until recently I credited to her.
I now know it belongs to the famous novelist, George Bernard Shaw.
He once said:
"Life wasn't meant to be easy."

You will see in this book, evidence of how true this saying can be.

Thanks for coming along on the ride.

G.C.Moore.