Thread: The Dambusters, beyond the movie hype

Originally Posted by Cessna

hello Bob

My mate down the Gold Coast; Harry, has mentioned this page BUT it was the reference to Mac Cameron that has my interest. I knew Mac and his wife thru his son who had a flight training operation at caboolture. I was a frequent visitor to the Shorncliffe gallery where Mac ran painting classes. I had always admired the painting of the Australian Airforce Wirraway A20-403 over Buna where it had just destroyed a Japanese Zero fighter. This aircraft is in the Australian War Museum in Canberra. I mentioned that my work was taking me from Brisbane to Cape York in the late 90's and the Camerons offered the painting to me. It has pride of place in my home in Beachmere.
Noel 0427031947

While you were in his gallery did you see his version of what the National flag should be. I may have mentioned it, but Mac painted , in oil, a painting of HMAS Perth on the gunline during the Vietnam War. He couldn't help himself, he added a Cessna ' bird dog ' spotter aircraft flying overhead. The painting has pride of place on my wall. Long gone but never forgotten, Mac.

Hi there!
I grew up in Shorncliffe and spent many hours every day hanging out at Mac's studio. I have wonderful memories of playing with jars of sapphires and spinning clay on the potters wheel and watching Mac and his friends (my mum being one) paint - she worked next door at the Village Kitchen and we lived in the flat above the newsagent - that's all gone now of course. Although at the time it was a sweet little community area. I am doing some research into his paintings as I remember them so vividly and was suprised to find so little online about him. I saw your post was wondering if you would be able to talk to me about your memories of him/his paintings. I have a plan (maybe - early research days yet) to make a short podcast and would love to speak to people who might have more information/stories to add some colour to the story and the history of the works and where they ended up. Maybe you remember seeing two ratbag girls running around the studio making a nuisance of ourselves! This would have been between 1988 and 1994.
Thank you for your time.
Laurie.

Originally Posted by lauriedodd

Hi there!
I grew up in Shorncliffe and spent many hours every day hanging out at Mac's studio. I have wonderful memories of playing with jars of sapphires and spinning clay on the potters wheel and watching Mac and his friends (my mum being one) paint - she worked next door at the Village Kitchen and we lived in the flat above the newsagent - that's all gone now of course. Although at the time it was a sweet little community area. I am doing some research into his paintings as I remember them so vividly and was suprised to find so little online about him. I saw your post was wondering if you would be able to talk to me about your memories of him/his paintings. I have a plan (maybe - early research days yet) to make a short podcast and would love to speak to people who might have more information/stories to add some colour to the story and the history of the works and where they ended up. Maybe you remember seeing two ratbag girls running around the studio making a nuisance of ourselves! This would have been between 1988 and 1994.
Thank you for your time.
Laurie.

Sorry to disappoint you Laurie, but bob10 is long gone from the forum.

Originally Posted by BradC

Sorry to disappoint you Laurie, but bob10 is long gone from the forum.

He was last on in Feb 2022. What happened to Bob? Has he passed away?

Originally Posted by p38arover

He was last on in Feb 2022. What happened to Bob? Has he passed away?

After a number of incidents Bob was the lucky recipient of an "enforced holiday" from the forum. After his "holiday" but before he returned there was a forum glitch which rendered his account inoperative, and he never made contact to have it re-established.

Happens in the best of families, sadly.