Camp Oven Cooking

Murray Hartin

Murray Hartin is considered to be one of the best Australian rhyming poets of the modern era. His haunting verse Rain From Nowhere (2007) has been recited in State and Federal Parliaments, printed in newspapers and magazines across the Nation and is recognised as being one of the most powerful pieces of Australian poetry written for many years. His hilarious yarn Turbulence (1998) is arguably the most popular piece of Australian bush poetry since the Paterson era. Both were awarded the Australian Bush Poetry Association’s Poem of The Year. Muz has been part of the Australian poetry scene since winning the inaugural competition in Tamworth in 1987. He went full time in 1996 and has since been an extremely popular performer at corporate functions, charity events, sporting lunches and festivals throughout Australia.

Peter Lorimer

Peter Lorimer has been a photo journalist since age 17 when he completed a cadetship at the country newspaper The Namoi Valley Independent. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Peter has worked for Australia’s leading newspapers including The Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph, The Australian and SydneyMorning Herald and is also a regular contributor to Woman’s Day. He has won numerous national press photographic awards including a Nikon Walkley Award and has also had a picture published on a stamp (Faces Of Australia).

Jack Lorimer

Jack Lorimer is a diesel mechanic who works for Many Fabrication in a coal mining town. Jack is in charge of a team of workers who maintain the washery facility at Boggabri Coal in north west NSW. His interests include golf and campfire cooking.