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26/06/2005: "MALCOLM DOUGLAS ........outback adventurer."

Pictured at his WA crocodile farm, my old mate Malcolm with Boondi his faithful cattledog. Malcolm was a travelling 16mm filmshow man like I used to be. When outback Australian films could only be seen in cinemas, it was a goldmine era. Malcolm switched to TV productions and later moved from a Sydney suburb HQ to the north-west town of Broome where I made this picture. We had dinner together with wife Valerie, and shared some great laughs.

June 26 2005 Broome is bursting with 30,000 tourists, Malcolm has begun work on his Wilderness Park & Wildlife Refuge project (out of town near his croc farm number two). They spend $500 a week on wheat just to feed birds. The croc skins and meat from the farms go around the world. Croc meat? "Tastes like a mix between fish and chicken". The outback film library is running weekly on German TV - which attracts heaps of visitors. 'Land values at Cable Beach have soared, there's a project to get World Heritage recognition for a part of the Kimberley'. Very busy times indeed in what was once a last frontier town.