One of the stories from the NQR:
"Skins for my fur rug were obtained during licensed culling, by shooting, of kangaroos on my family's property 'Hillview' Yellowin, at the top end of Blowering valley. The kangaroos were shot by my father during a number of winter nights in 1965. At that time I was a skinny 13 year old boy and it was my job to locate, and hold the spotlight of the beam on, the unfortunate animal while the 'deed' was done. As the night progressed, with a frost beginning to form on the cold paddocks and mist rising from the creek, my young fingers became ever more rigid as I clung resolutely to the spotlight's grip. It was then that I would wrap my hands around the hot metal body of the spotlight and hold its warming..."