Tag: 1990

Next stop: Courchevel

War or peace, skiing year-round has always been the goal.

(last updated: 14 February 2025)

I’m wearing my late grandfather’s jacket, who sits in the Porsche.

– [13 February 2018] 911 GT2 RS [Porsche Car Configurator]

However, my grandmother wasn’t a fan of German cars due to their wartime experience and feelings of betrayal. Yet they both spoke fluent German.

Instead Freddy drove a yellow Jaguar that I travelled in a lot, especially up to Mount Buller.

Once at the base of Buller we would ascend in a late 70’s Landcruiser that he kept at the bottom of the mountain.

No Porsche back then could’ve done that, but I’d still drive a GT2 RS in a second, haha.

Okay so it wasn’t Courchevel but it was good preparation for it.


✓ 8 months ago

1990: Challenged? Yes. Beaten? No.

After minimal auditions at school, I ended up on Australian Double Dare.

(last updated: 16 February 2023)

In 1990, a rep from Channel 10 came to our school and auditioned the class for Double Dare. Then in either April or May, with Tom Jennings as host, it came my turn to play and around 8 teams from my school went in that season.

A week’s worth of shows were recorded in one day at the ATV-10 Nunawading studios. I played with a girl who had black hair and pony tails, who I never saw again…  but we won! At one point, we were down 90 – 310, but we came back to win 350 – 310 in an amazing comeback. Our team was called The Untouchables and we ended up with 6 (out of 8) prizes in the final obstacle course.

At the start of the show, Tom asked me what my favourite sports were and I said skiing and tennis and then he asked me what my favourite tennis swing was and I said the drive shot. I meant forehand so it might’ve gone over his head, though.

The recording I had of the show on VHS is long-gone, but this is a clip with Tom as host with other kids from my school (both in blue) including Daniel who was a great tennis player – at least back then and I once met his coach, Solly.

Double Dare - Australia - The Double Devils Vs The Zero Heroes

I am glad we won. That’s all I really cared about. We should’ve won all 8 prizes. DAMN IT!
✓ 8 months ago