Ned

1. What is your name, age and shoe size?
Ned Liam Salmon, 2 years and 4 months, child size 6-7.

2. When is the last time you rode a bike and where were you going?
Yesterday around the house.

3. What is your all time favourite song?
Engie Benji theme song.

4. What makes you angry?
When I don’t get a ‘special treat’ biscuit when I want one.

5. If you won $2000 what would you buy?
Scenic flight to Cockatoo Island in a small plane.

6. Who would you like to sit next to on an aeroplane?
The Pilot.

7. What is your all time favourite film?
The Little Polar Bear.
Cars.

8. Who inspires you and why?
Bob the Builder.
Truck drivers because I like big trucks and machinery.

9. What is your favourite work of art?
I paint my own with matchbox cars and trucks.

10. What do you regret?
Nothing yet.

Sean

1. What is your name, age and shoe size?
Sean Salmon, 33, size 9.

2. When is the last time you rode a bike and where were you going?
2004, Sightseeing around Don Det Island in the Mekong Delta, Laos.

3. What is your all time favourite song?
Dirty Old Town – The Pogues

4. What makes you angry?
Crooked Politicians, actually, politicians in general.

5. If you won $2000 what would you buy?
New Fridge, with ice dispenser.

6. Who would you like to sit next to on an aeroplane?
No – one. A spare seat.

7. What is your all time favourite film?
Apocalypse Now.

8. Who inspires you and why?
Pioneers of the Kimberley region for their sense of adventure.
Ned Kelly for his courage and spirit.

9. What is your favourite work of art?
Nature.

10. What do you regret?
Nothing. Don’t look back only forward.

Bee

1. What is your name, age and shoe size?
Bee (Beverley) Long.

2. When is the last time you rode a bike and where were you going?
Two and a half years ago to work at Broome Recreation Centre.

3. What is your all time favourite song?
Sympathy for the devil – Rolling Stones.
Natural Woman – Arethra Franklin.

4. What makes you angry?
Broome Shire decision not to pick up green waste in their pre-cyclone clean up and no notice to rate payers, only a note in the paper a week before.

5. If you won $2000 what would you buy?
New Oven.

6. Who would you like to sit next to on an aeroplane?
Brad Pitt – I’m sure he is a good conversationalist!!

7. What is your all time favourite film?
Clint Eastwood – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

8. Who inspires you and why?
My friend Alison has had a few personal setbacks over the years and is recently recovering from breast cancer, yet she is the most positive and selfless person I know. She is always putting others first and bringing a smile to our faces. She is a true inspiration.

9. What is your favourite work of art?
Taj Mahal.

10. What do you regret?
Not buying a second investment property in Broome years ago.

Lisa

1. What is your name, age and shoe size:
Lisa Therese Salmon, 39, 9

2. When was the last time you rode a bike and where were you going?
About ten years ago, zipping between Stanmore and Glebe through Sydney Uni.

3. What’s your all time favourite song?
Joni Mitchell’s ‘Big Yellow Taxi’

4. What makes you angry?
When people make judgements about me without bothering to get to know me.

5. If you won $2000 what would you buy?
An aeroplane ticket to Europe to visit galleries and museums, cafes and theatre.

6. Who would you like to sit next to on an aeroplane?
My boyfriend.

7. What is your all time favourite film?
I liked ‘Magnolia’ for its structure and subversive story. My favourite Australian film is ‘Love and Other Catastrophes’.

8. Who inspires you and why?
I admire the way the actor Cate Blanchett handles fame and the media and her power. She maintains a personal poise and integrity that I find incredibly beautiful.

9. What is your favourite work of art?
I currently like community art projects such as PostSecret that utilise the internet as a technology for linking people.

10. What do you regret?
Being financially undisciplined and undirected.

11. What is your favourite gadget?
My laptop.

12. What would you most like to be doing in ten years, where and with who?
I see myself teaching art at Lorien, living happily with a family of my own on acreage with chooks, vegie garden and a goat.

Dawn

1. What is your name, age and shoe size:
Dawn Therese, 63, 6
2. When was the last time you rode a bike and where were you going?
When I was 16 and on the way home from athletic training
3. What’s your all time favourite song?
Neil Diamond 'Hot August Night'
4. What makes you angry?
People telling direct lies
5. If you won $2000 what would you do with it?
I’d buy myself a nice diamond ring to replace my lost engagement ring, sharing the remaining amount amongst my children.
6. Who would you like to sit next to on an aeroplane?
I once sat next to an interesting lady enthusiastic in helping others who had been a nun and left. I like hearing stories about people who have done different charity work.
7. What is your all time favourite film?
The one about ladies singing jazz who were in gaol.
8. Who inspires you and why?
My daughter Lisa because she is always having new adventures.
9. What is your favourite work of art?
Michaelangelo’s ‘David’ for the muscle definition and strong features.
10. What do you regret?
That I am tone deaf as I would like to be able to sing.
11. What is your favourite gadget?
I like my sewing machine, my favourite gadget is sewing needle.
12. What would you like to be doing in ten years, where and with whom?
The same as I am now, health wise and home and with my husband, Peter.

Peter

1. What is your name, age and shoe size:
Peter Anthony Salmon, 65, 8

2. When was the last time you rode a bike and where were you going?
I rode a bike 10 years ago to the Haddon shop.

3. What’s your all time favourite song?
Nissan Dormer

4. What makes you angry?
I don’t suffer fools gladly. Pretence, ignorance

5. If you won $2000 what would you spend it on?
A bull bar for my ute.

6. Who would you like to sit next to on an aeroplane?
Kevin Sheedy

7. What is your all time favourite film?
The Sting

8. Who inspires you and why?
Dawn brings out the best in me.

9. What is your favourite work of art?
Leonardo da Vinci’s horse studies and journal work.

10. What do you regret?
Being irritable and impatient with people I care about.

11. What is your favourite gadget?
The TV remote control(s).

12. What would you most like to be doing in ten years, whereabouts and who with?
I’d like to be spending Christmas day with my whole family. Living somewhere near the sea with Dawn in good health and contented.

Riley

1. What is your name, age and shoe size:
Riley James Salmon, 4 and a half, 9

2. When was the last time you rode a bike and where were you going?
a week ago I rode to the garage at home

3. What’s your all time favourite song?
Missy Higgins ‘I Know’

4. What makes you angry?
When people help me and I don’t want it.

5. If you won $2000 what would you buy?
A golf buggy like Justins.

6. Who would you like to sit next to on an aeroplane?
Mummy and daddy

7. What is your all time favourite film?
Madagascar

8. Who inspires you and why?
Oscar and Jerome (friends from Hobart)

9. What is your favourite animal?
a tiger

What is your favourite work of art?
A picture I drew of me and Mummy
10. What do you regret?

11. What is your favourite gadget?
A toy dog with a Santa hat.

12. What would you most like to be doing in ten years, where and with whom?
A golf guy.

Chris

1. What is your name, age and shoe size:
Christopher John Salmon, Chris, Sammo and Daddy, 36. 9

2. When was the last time you rode a bike and where were you going?
Riley and I rode to kindagym in Hobart last summer.

3. What’s your all time favourite song?
American Pie sung by Don McLean

4. What makes you angry?
The current dilemma in Iraq and lack of solution..

5. If you won $2000 what would you spend it on?
An eternity ring for Cherie and the rest towards the new house.

6. Who would you like to sit next to on an aeroplane?
Cherie, Riley and Aidan.

7. What is your all time favourite film?
Star Wars

8. Who inspires you and why?
My friend and work colleague Paul Hopkins because he always has the respect of his peers and manages teams with loyalty to him, he is a good leader. He is inclusive and is can adjust to circumstance as it changes.

9. What is your favourite work of art?
Our painting of houses in Hoi An, Vietnam because it reminds me of our holiday and it brightens the room.

10. What do you regret?
Tearing my hamstring when I was learning to waterski.

11. What is your favourite gadget?
The flip business card holder on my desk at work.

12. What would you like to be doing in ten years, where and with whom?
In a liaison officer posting at The Hague, a senior position in the middle of Europe. With my family.

Cherie

1. What is your name, age and shoe size:
Cherie Andrea Salmon, 35, 8

2. When was the last time you rode a bike and where were you going?
Last boxing day on a bike track in Hobart.

3. What’s your all time favourite song?
I Can Feel It, Phil Collins (whispered)

4. What makes you angry?
people’s lack of compassion towards others.
George Bush and John Howard

5. If you won $2000 what would you buy?
Stuff for the new house.

6. Who would you like to sit next to on an aeroplane?
My family.

7. What is your all time favourite film?
Breakfast at Tiffany’s

8. Who inspires you and why?
My children inspire me because they are our hope for the future

9. What is your favourite work of art?
Brett Whitely’s 'Match' and Riley’s picture of me and him.

10. What do you regret?
Smoking

11. What is your favourite gadget?
My laptop

12. What would you most like to be doing in ten years, where and with who?
I would like to be living at the farm with my family and working as a social worker in a hospital in Melbourne or Ballarat.

Justin

1. What is your name, age and shoe size:
Justin John Carrol, 40, 11

2. When was the last time you rode a bike and where were you going?
On a school camp, going through the bush

3. What’s your all time favourite song?
The Righteous Brothers ‘Unchained Melody’

4. What makes you angry?
A 3 putt

5. If you won $2000 what would you spend it on?
A set of tailor made irons

6. Who would you like to sit next to on an aeroplane?
Tiger Woods

7. What is your all time favourite film?
The Untouchables

8. Who inspires you and why?
Tiger Woods searching for perfection

9. What is your favourite work of art?
The Australian bush painting that was in the minty ad.

10. What do you regret?
Not marrying my wife sooner

11. What is your favourite gadget?
My dibot tool.

12. What would you most like to be doing in ten years, where and with who?
Supply teaching in the Ipswich area and playing more golf while Michelle is principal of a girls school.

Shelly

1. What is your name, age and shoe size:
Michelle Anne Carroll, 37, 8

2. When was the last time you rode a bike and where were you going?
I rode a bike in term 2 three times a week with students along a bike path to the driving range.

3. What’s your favourite song?
‘Angels’ by Robbie Williams

4. What makes you angry?
Neglect of children.

5. If you won $2000 what would you buy?
I’d bank half and I’d buy some new shoes – a black pair of strappy sandals and a black pointed high heel and a new pair of running shoes.

6. Who would you like to sit next to on an aeroplane?
Justin

7. What is your all time favourite film?
‘Bend It Like Beckam’

8. Who inspires you and why?
I am inspired by women who take on the challenges of leadership roles in our society, particularly those who look for a different way of doing things.

9. What is your favourite work of art?
A photographic study by a year 12 student at school of Ziggy (a local bagman), Jesus and Abraham where the portraits looked uncannily alike.

10. What do you regret?
Not learning the value of patience with myself earlier.

11. What is your favourite gadget?
My mobile phone.


12. What would you most like to be doing in ten years, whereabouts and who with?
I’d like to take long service leave and travel during summer in Europe particularly Spain and Tuscany with Justin and our golf bags.