Stories are the maps of our being. They hold the emotions we carry, the values we live by, and the connections that sustain us. They reveal what hurts, what heals, and what truly matters. They show us who we are — and who we can become.
Mark Smith grew up in Nelson Bay, New South Wales where the trawlers dried their fishing nets not far from the main harbour and the old wooden wharves. He spent a lot of his time down the coast and spending time sitting with the old Italian and Croatian fishermen listening to their stories, when he was growing up. Mark was a keen, surfer, fisher and diver and spent a lot of time growing up in the bush, until suffering from a debilitating injury in his mid 20s.
