Steve Baxter

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1,374 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2026 last heard 2 Aug

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And I was born in Cloncurry of all amazing places.

Mind you, I guess up that way though, there is army, there are army towns like Townsville, et cetera, isn't there?

So it was an army apprentice scheme where they could recruit sort of 15 and a half year olds.

And we went, did three years, two or three years.

My trade was three years in Wodonga, Aubrey, Wodonga.

And that was, you know, sort of fun.

People ask me if I enjoyed the army.

I enjoyed it a lot more now I'm out, to be honest, just talking about it.

So, but yeah, I did that, signed up for a 15 year old, signed a nine year contract when you're 15, which, yeah.

Well, your parents have to co-sign.

So now as a father, I realize my mother was devastated.

I didn't understand it at the time.

And now I have like mates with 15-year-old kids and I think, oh, that's way too young.

Because it was your idea, I guess.

Yeah.

I was not doing well at school.

I was just a mixed up kid.

Puberty was just playing havoc with my common sense, if you know what I mean.

I was getting into fights, that sort of stuff.

And then, so this was a pretty good opportunity, truthful.

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