Al Baldwin

In 1968, Baldwin moved to Queensland, Australia's Gold Coast and fell in love with the beach. He bought a business that supplied chairs and supplies for beach goers, and enjoyed the sun as much as they did, but he wanted to protect them from sunburn. So he devised a spray machine to quickly douse his customers with sunscreen. It's estimated he sprayed down three million people to protect them from the sun. He became known as "The Suntan Man" to beach regulars. "Everybody came to see Al," said his longtime friend Sue Bowman. "Celebrities, media and tourists -- everyone." Baldwin died September 14 from lymph cancer at 74, after managing one last visit to the beach three days before. From This is True for 12 September 2004 Suggestions for further reading: Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S.... by Simon Kuper, Stefan Szymanski Amazon Price: $10.17 Customer Review: if you're interested in sociology of sport you'll enjoy this book. some very interesting ideas.   In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson Amazon Price: $10.17 Customer Review: There is one thing about Bill Bryson; you either like him or you don't. Just reading the reviews here on Amazon and several other sites prove that. It is not just this work in question though; it is all of his work. I note that drifting from site ...   Australia (Country Guide) by Justine Vaisutis Amazon Price: $19.79 Customer Review: from what i can tell, it is a good guide book. however it hasnt been indexed this means that you cant type in a word like a park name and go to it directly. instead you must seqentially go through every pqge in a chapter until you find it   The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost Amazon Price: $10.08 Customer Review: I stumbled on this book while traveling with my husband in Bolivia. Being somewhat limited in what English books we could find at book exchanges, we had gotten used to reading just about anything, as long as it was indeed in English. What a surpris...   The Forgotten Garden: A Novel by Kate Morton Amazon Price: $17.16 Customer Review: The storyline of this book sounded so enticing, the ambience so delicious. Both, however, are buried under copious amounts of detailed writing. Do we really need to know that yet another kettle of tea was put to boil? Either Nell or Cassandra's stori...   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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