Peter Goers

But this was the period of when men were hobbyists.

You know, you wanted a shed, you built it yourself, which you built the shed before they built the house, that sort of thing.

And he had a lot of hobbies.

One of his hobbies became taking Super 8 film and he made all these Super 8 films.

It started with home movies and then he'd do narrative films and he joined a club and, you know, they became bigger and better.

And then he turned that into a job.

He would shoot Super 8 films of people's weddings and

So he'd do two weddings a weekend and this became quite lucrative for him and from that he, when it looked as if Super 8 was coming to an end and video was coming in, this is late 70s, early 80s, he started as a stills photographer and became quite successful in that role, again doing weddings, portraits, passport photos, that sort of thing.

That's why my parents were in America.

They were en route to a photographic convention in Las Vegas.

What was he like as a dad with you, Peter?

Well, he was either on or off, my father.

He had, you know, his mother was from Perth and everyone from Perth is perverse, in my opinion.

And...

His mother, my grandmother, was the most perverse person I ever knew.

In every way, you know, the perversity.

And he was somewhat perverse.

He could be a clown, my father, but he could also be very doer.

He was either on or off.

And he was, of course, in the manner of men of that period, unaffectionate.