Gotta Love This Country!

· Bolinda · Narrated by David Tredinnick
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In his very popular Saturday column, the 'Fitzy Files', Peter FitzSimon's usually writes about famous sports men and women. But from time to time he throws in stories taken from grassroots sport and daily life. These are heartwarming and generous tales that makes us all puff up our chests with the pride at being from a country that doesn't just punch above its weight sporting achievements-wise but that still celebrates the kind of sportsmanship that remains the ideal of all good people. These are the stories that make us say, ‘Gotta Love This Country!’.
In his very popular Saturday column, the 'Fitzy Files', Peter FitzSimon's usually writes about famous sports men and women. But from time to time he throws in stories taken from grassroots sport and daily life. These are heartwarming and generous tales that makes us all puff up our chests with th...

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Peter FitzSimons is the author of more than 25 books, including Tobruk, Kokoda, Batavia, Eureka, Ned Kelly, Gallipoli,and biographies of Douglas Mawson, Nancy Wake‚ Kim Beazley‚ Nick Farr-Jones‚ Les Darcy, Steve Waugh and John Eales. He is one of Australia's biggest selling non-fiction authors of the last 15 years, as well as being a journalist with the Sydney Morning Herald. FitzSimons was named a Member of the Order of Australia in 2011 for service to literature as a biographer, sports journalist and commentator. He lives with his wife, Lisa Wilkinson, and their three children in Sydney. His latest book, The Courageous Life of Weary Dunlop, is due out in 2026.

David has been narrating audiobooks for over 25 years, working on a number of award-winning titles. He has also worked extensively in theatre, radio, film and television, most notably appearing in all four seasons of The Secret Life of Us. When not lending his voice to books he is employed as an archivist, audio producer and librarian.

Peter FitzSimons is the author of more than 25 books, including Tobruk, Kokoda, Batavia, Eureka, Ned Kelly, Gallipoli,and biographies of Douglas Mawson, Nancy Wake‚ Kim Beazley‚ Nick Farr-Jones‚ Les Darcy, Steve Waugh and John Eales. He is one of Australia's biggest selling non-fiction authors of...

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