An amazing night with a repeat walking performance of The Lion Never Sleeps by Noamie Huttner-Koros at The Blue Roome theatre (well, we started walking from there) for which I was interviewed in 2019 for her 2019/20 season. It tells stories of Perth's LGBTIQ community during the AIDs crisis in the early to mid 1980s, part of the largely undocumented and overlooked history of Western Australia that wasn't considered 'acceptable' history for decades.

I’ve known Kelvin Ferris for over 10 years and, in that time, it has been clear to me that his service to Australia at the Battle of Coral-Balmoral during the Vietnam War in 1968 has remained a constant and difficult companion. This year, shrapnel embedded in his chest from that battle moved out from his ribcage. After it was removed, he seemed more open to talk about his experiences…