Falling Bombs and Siren Songs

<p>Alan Bond was a child of London shaped by the horrors of World War II. He survived the worst of the London Blitz era before being sent to live in Devon. Even though he was sent away for his own safety life with his elderly relatives compared rather unfavourably with life among the falling bombs. </p> <p>As a young man he decided upon a career in medicine. After earning his degree at university he followed another dream of life abroad. He settled in Tasmania to work as an anaesthetist. This new existence proved too challenging for his marriage to survive so he started over again as a single man. But life had other plans in store for this adventurer. He met the Blonde and his life changed forever. </p> <p>Now retired he and his Australian lady shared a time of adventure on the high seas daring the often challenging waters of the Tasman Sea and the Bass Strait. On board their boat a wooden cutter they explored the beautiful coasts of Tasmania and uncovered some of the ghosts of the state's colonial past. </p> <p>Alan Bond's story is one of adventure loss and newfound love of second chances surprises and dreams pursued-and achieved. </p>