The Life and Times of Peter Green
updated 29 March 2026
 Peter the Possum Man (Olinda 2026) |
March 16thRichard brings Pepsi the Beagle to the bakery this morning. She was breeding dog that rarely saw the light of day. Richard saved her and she is happy running around the mountain. She relates to human kindness , and loves me or is it the sausage roll crumbs on the ground near my feet? No it;'s name it's got to be me. WOOF! Midnight turns her nose up at me as I come home smelling of DOG!I find myself staring at nature lately, admiration and sometimes intrigue. I keep seeing animals everywhere and they rarely seem afraid of me. Some see me and just come walking up. I must be giving out some sort of "trust" pheromone. March 17thIt's so dark in the morning , and the overcast weather is not helping. I had to use a torch to get to the car this morning on the way to the charity. Even the Goth in me finds it extremely dark outside.My coffee is nice and I get sidetracked on the internet at Garden Cafe. I stir the pot a bit around the South Australian election. Time to give One Nation a bit of push back. Hanson thinks her "shit doesn't stink" (I'm sure that's a Wollongong expression. HA). The charity is good but one of my mates Mum dies so some sadness lingers around us. I work in my Book Cave all day. I see a really great coat and try it on and it is kind of cool. OK it's really mean for a hot gothic chick but hey I'm 2 of those 3 things. So I buy it. I grab some Japanese for dinner. I don't feel much like cooking tonight. March 18thMarkys YouTube Wednesday. Sensational sound on this one (off the desk on our baby dat player). Crowded House at Wembley Arena, London UK. June 24th 1992. Neil, Nick, Paul and Mark Hart. (Tim did appear during the encore). A really great version of "Tall "Trees" from the Woodface album. We hope you enjoy this one. Trainspotter moment. Mark Hart is wearing Nick red stage coat and Neil is wearing Tim's stage outfit.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1oT-ENut1A Food Bank was good, we helped a few more people and drove to Monbulk for Midnights cat food, plus while I was in the area went to Woolworths. So saved fuel not heading off the mountain for groceries. I wear my Food Bank vest as both of the supermarkets donate to what we do, so that way they see that we support them back by shopping in their store. I have a coffee at Empire, sit outside and just chill, and make my "work" list for the week. Where would I be without my lists? A young gothic woman comes up to me and says "Hey you are Peter Green". Another diary reader, so a shout out to her "Hi Vicky". She sits for a little bit, shows me her latest tattoo (a rather cool dragon and lightening bolt). I think to myself that Vali Myers would like her. She brings up art and I tell her about Vali and she knows who it is, she' s a fan so that is both unexpected and cool. Home a bit later because of my sidelined chat. Some days I like meeting people, other days I hide away from humans. March 19thI sleep in, it's these dark mornings, so rush my shower and getting ready for some charity work. I have some strange racing car dreams last night, not my normal sort of dream, all very odd.My morning is off to a good start. I call into my usual petrol station to buy some fuel for the car. A total fluke but they haven't updated one of their pumps , so I pay a LOT less for my petrol. I fill the car tip for $55.00 . I see a little old lady arriving in her Morris Minor, I run up and tell her GO TO STATION #4. I pay and ask for a receipt and the guy stares at it, the penny is dropping, too late , car full, paid and I am out of here. I usually don't care about petrol $ but I have rot say it's nice to save $30-$40! I get my Romwe Goth coat, brand new, never worn for $11.00. OK this is starting to be a good day. It has a woman's cut but seems to work on me, according to my gal work buddy. Even a few little gothic crosses attached to it. Very pleased with my purchase. The Easter Horror Bunny with my Glitter eggs has sold, within 20 minutes, someone loved it, so another $25 for the charity. Apparently the lady loved the "cool eggs". It is a pretty freaky scary Donnie Darko type Easter item. March 20thI had all these extra avocado's so make some homemade Guacamole for Mark. It is a pretty good batch. A tiny drop of lime makes the difference.The Enz and Crowded House boys have been really quiet (well except for Malcolm Green and Nigel Griggs). Not sure what's going on with the Enz movie (or whatever it is) or the Crowded House documentary. I had the urge for a disaster movie, so watched the Bluray of The Day After Tomorrow, with Marky, it hold's up well. March 21stMy good deed for the day. I'm driving down the Tourist Road and I spot Pauline at the bus stop so stop and pick her up. She hikes all the way from My Evelyn to Olinda every weekend for a coffee. But she has injured herself so got half way and needed the bus, so I am her chauffeur. Happy to do so, our community helps each other.I settle in and watch the South Australia Election. Let's see if Pauline Hanson's prediction is correct that One Nation will win a dozen or more seats. She lies so much around such things I do not believe her. The results are called quickly, all over after only 48 minutes, a huge win to Labor, they add even more seats to their total. So far zero seats for One Nation but their primary vote is strong enough to almost destroy the Liberals, pushing the Libs into third spot for the moment. I think One Nation will end up with 3 seats, not the "dozen or so" that Hanson bullshitted about. Labor 33! Mali is a good SA Premier, I get why he is so popular. The funniest moment was at the end where they cross over to Hanson and the audio goes freaky and it sounds like Pauline is mooing like an old cow. I almost wet my pants laughing, the woman on the election panel just cracks up. A classic moment...Moooo! Moooo! March 22ndI arrived at my bakery to do some election wrap up and the young staff tell me about a possum outside. The one person inside tells them it's dead. I check and find it trying to hide next to a terra cotta planter out of the light. He looks at me when I pat him, he's totally alive. I go and get my new picnic blanket out of the car . He climbs into it and snuggles down deep. A lady going past stops and says how awesome I am, which surprises me, surely everyone would help this little creature. So many dogs go past the bakery, one of them would have ripped it to pieces. So I go around the corner and spot a tree. The possum giving me a big eyed look "please don't hurt me" ... I talk to him softly and he nuzzles against my hand and up the tree he goes. He finds a great spot in the canopy. I have a photo with him so will use that for this weeks diary.We both work in the office all day, Marks running low on videos for Video Wednesday .... But hopefully we can find a few more and keep putting them up.... Thanks everyone for supporting the clips. Plenty on our You Tube page so keep checking them out. 857 videos for you to enjoy. I drive to Olinda Fish and Chips to grab some for dinner tonight. Delicious. March 23rdI'm reading this rather large volume of basically the history of gay men in America. I smiled reading some of the "terms" like "The Twilight Aristocracy" which basically means gay man. How exotic is that, I think we need to bring that one back.Old Donald backs down on his threat to attack Iranian power stations, well for the moment. Just all smoke and mirrors isn't it with innocent people stuck in the middle. No wonder I like animals more than most humans. By afternoon I am up for a rare second coffee. I worked in the office pretty much all day as did Mark. So I head back to Olinda. I also buy one of the bakery's large cheesecakes for us, so another 8 laps around Kalorama oval for me. Our niece calls from school. She's doing the cross country so is allowed to have her phone with her. MIM is surrounded by her friends and I hear one say "Wow your Uncle is cool". And she says goodbye she says I love you and Uncle Mark. How lucky are we! March 24thDonald Trump appears to be fast running out of options on his Iran war folly. Thousands of US marines are on their way to the war torn Persian gulf. Meanwhile in Oz electric vehicles are certainly the winners. EV sales rose by 35%.We are watching Britannia, a fantasy historical moment where the roman imperial army try to take over Britain. Love those Druids and powerful warrior woman. Only a matter of time before I get my secret Rune tattoo , well maybe. For the moment I'm still very happy with my Gryphon tattoo. March 25thRichard O'Brien, the mighty Riff Raff, creator of Rocky Horror Show turns 84 today. He emigrated with his family to Tauranga in New Zealand when he was ten... so another good thing from kiwi land.Marks managed to find some unseen footage of Paul Hester performing with LLT at The Conty. Probably the final piece that we have that hasn't been used. Paul's covering the Nick Lowe song "The Beast In Me", made famous by Johnny Cash. It leaves me wondering about the "beast" in Paul and was he telling us something or did he just love the song? Anyway we are putting it up on the YouTube page as Paul has been gone 21 years tomorrow. Some lovely comments on the YouTube page around Paul too. You can check it out via this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZtiQ2xf0Zs I get a call from our old Skyhooks tour manager Steve, really nice to hear from him. March 26thA strange day. My friends Mums funeral is on today, so thinking of her. My sister goes into hospital around her heart and Paul Hesters been gone 21 years. So my brain is drifting with sadness and worry.I feel like Paul is close by, it's an odd feeling. I think good thoughts and happy memories. I suggest online that people revisit our Paul Hester documentary. "Hessie" (A Tribute To Paul Hester). Here is the link for that one as well. I'm sure all of you have watched it previously, but worth a revisit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHaGhqRfVDc&t=62s A strange day at the charity, I throw myself into work. I work back as well and manage to clear everything, all the books, dvds, cds etc . I get a call when I am home that Sis had a TIA (mini stroke) when she was under during her heart stuff, so has ended up with her right leg and arm not being able to move them. Most TIAs are temporary so I pray that is the case, so worried. Call Sis and look like heading home to the Gong again soon. She is so calm, she is amazing. I'd be freaking out. It's bucketing down with rain and the temperature on the mountain drops . I get so little sleep, thinking about Sis. March 27thGrey, miserable and cold. I wear a coat today, first time in 6 months. I don't spend very long at the bakery, sip my coffee and do a tiny bit of work on the internet, don't want human companions today (except Marky). I call the hospital and chat to Sis , we have a few laughs and work out a plan. We will all get through this.I connect Marks Qantas card to BP, he needs to keep his Qantas account active, just once a year so I figure my fortnightly petrol points would do that . I only have to scan his card the once. He has a few hundred thousand points so we don't want them to evaporate. Handy for future use and plans that we have. Peter Wells from Rose Tattoo has been gone for 20 years today. He was a really nice guy to us at the Bondi Lifesaver when we were underaged teens. If he was around today he would keep all of Angrys bullshit weird conspiracy crap in check. A no bullshit sort of guy. All the good guys die young. He was the heart and soul of Rose tattoo. March 28thStill cold up here, I wake up with the Kalorama sniffles. Maybe my nose froze while I was sleeping. Not that I got much sleep, kept worrying about Sis (again) . A tiny bit of news as she managed to move her leg and arm a bit today. Any positives are good positives.I keep thinking Trumps plan is to take Kharg Island- Irans primary oil export hub. The USS Tripoli has 2200 marines on board, the USS Boxer 2500, 1000 soldiers from the Armys 82nd airborne division (troops specialising for parachuting into hostile territories) are ready to go. So within a week+ it could be as many as 8000 US soldiers and marines in that region. I see the brilliant Hoodoo Gurus are playing a one off show in London at the Electric Ballroom on September 28th. Tickets are on sale now. If you live in London do yourself favour and check this awesome aussie band out. They rock! They've come such a long way since I penned their first single review in "Wipe the sweat" all of those years ago. Happy Birthday to our friend Tony Williams. He was the 3rd lead singer for the mighty Skyhooks. Just this really genuine bloke, he's always been so good to us, from day one as spotty teenage fans. So lucky to have him as one of our friends. March 29thWe binge watched every episode of the new SBS series "Homebodies" . Not too hard to do as the episodes are not very long but boy what a great drama. Darcy a trans man returns to care for his estranged Mum. To find her living with the teenage ghost of himself , well herself ,his pre-transition Dee. Episodes are short but warm and passionate and fun. A story of forgiveness and much more. Great cast- the wonderful Claudia Karvan , Luke Wiltshire and Jazi Hall. Luke is the perfect fit -a fine performance. Anyway check it out on SBS streaming.No one sat with me outside at the bakery today, do I have BO? ... and they all tell me they are whimps and it's too cold outside. At least it wasn't me pissing people off. HA. SLADE ALIVE! Is 54 years old this week. The first album I was given, for my birthday, I wasn't even a teenager. But I just had to have it, I loved that cover art. The first album I paid for with my own money was "Living in the 70's" by Skyhooks, no surprise eh? Pre Skyhooks I loved Slade, T.Rex, The Stones and Bowie. Quatro was next and Skyhooks came into my world and Marks and that was it , the 'Hooks were #1. Forever. I remember being so pissed off that I wasn't allowed to go to the Slade gig at Randwick racecourse in January 1973. I was too young, they said. I considered running away but my plans were discovered and was locked in my bedroom for the day. Thankfully good old ABC- GTK ran some footage of the press conference and some live stuff from Randwick gig. The sharpies are amazing, up on stage dancing with the band, the awesome crowd, one guy having a Brian Connolly of Sweet hairstyle. It was all in B/W. I do have the footage up on our YouTube page. Even if you are not a huge Slade fan it's great historical piece of what Australian youth looked like in January 1973. It's almost had 6000 people loving it. Enjoy it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR3-uqq6bjw Well I'm off to box some Easter presents to mail home to the 'Gong. Think some kind thoughts for my Sister as she makes such an exceptional effort to walk again. I am just happy she is still with us. Enjoy your chocolate bunny's! xPeter |
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