Bourke Street My View from Here: Conversations with Tony Brooks

Bourke Street My View from Here follows the untold story of street community member Tony Brooks through a life journey that tells the personal truth of an ordinary life landed in extraordinary circumstances - and the perplexing personal choices that followed and their dire consequences. Jen converses with the man people call The Mentor of Bourke Street about tattoos his past - drugs gaol family release - and contemporary street life and its complex community. It is a tale of challenge change and acceptance. Tony talks - about it all.The reader is offered an analysis of another culture on our city streets set in Melbourne . This could be any major town or city anywhere in the world. Despite his struggles Tony remains an uplifting charmer on Bourke Street to hundreds who know him and a friendly stranger with a ready smile to those who dont.