“Sitting Ducks” - Des Peters

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Member Des Peters spoke about “Sitting Ducks” on the 26th August 2008. This refers to his hobby of carving ducks from a wood called Jiltong. On his left hand is one of the ducks he has carved.

This was a hobby he took up after early retirement at the age of 52. By coincidence, he had arranged insurance om a display case of ducks for Bob Richards, a well known carver, beforehand and then went on a one-week course run by Bob immediately after retiring.

This interest grew and over the subsequent ~20 years he has done more than 200, each taking about 40 hours to complete.