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G.Nome GARDENER FIRSTLY, WHAT DOES THE G STAND FOR? Gordon actually, but most people pronounce it Garden, due to my profession. TELL US WHERE YOU’RE FROM AND HOW YOU ENDED UP IN BYRON. My family were originally from Ireland. My great grandad was a leprechaun, and he stowed away on one of the immigration boats coming to Australia in the 1950’s. He met an Irish river-dancer who was touring Australia and they ran away together to Queensland and became sugar cane farmers. But the family eventually emigrated to Byron to escape the cane toads. Just too dangerous for us. YOU KEPT YOUR LOVE OF THE LAND AND BECAME A GARDENER; AND A STILL LIFE EXPONENT – WHAT DO YOU PREFER? It’s hard to choose - I like to combine the two whenever I can. IT MUST BE HARD TO DO MUCH GARDENING WHEN YOU’RE IN A STILL-LIFE POSE? Exactly! COMPLETE THIS SENTENCE – “I LOVE …. pubs with high stools at the bar. I like to wink at the barmaids when they serve me a pint.” IF YOU WENT TO A FANCY-DRESS PARTY, WHO WOULD YOU GO AS, AND WHY? I would go as Usain Bolt. I’ve always wanted to be an athlete, but I just can’t get into the training routine – but I do have a pair of gold boots. BYRON IS RENOWNED FOR ITS WILD TURKEYS - HAVE YOU EVER HAD A RUN IN WITH A BRUSH TURKEY? Well, as I said, we left Queensland to get away from the cane toads – they were a real nuisance. Did you know that toads love to pee on garden gnomes? Anyway, we get to Byron, and now it’s the brush turkeys. They are ok most of the year, but come spring-time the horny lads start building these ginormous nests, right at the bottom of the garden where we like to hang out. We have lost a few cousins underneath those nests – and they always come out hot and smelling of compost!

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8.A, MOBY DICK. 9.C, 42. 10. A, 4.

1.A, EUROPE. 2.C, BICARB, VINEGAR. 3.FALSE, KURT RUSSELL. 4.B, 1920'S. 5.FALSE, LACTOSE. 6.C, MUSHY'S. 7.B, MANET.