My cartooning career started at Fairfax, during the setting up of the Gold Coast Weekend Herald in 1993. I was invited to illustrate letters to the editor and the points of interest section 'InTouch'. Each week was a joy for me, reading letters and snipets of information inturn selecting 3 for illustration. I try to give my reader something humourous and informative to think about. My aim is have them realise a punch line then to feel satisfied having worked it out. I integrate second and hidden meanings in my toons.     ANIMAL ANTICS; "Beth, a quiet pet donkey from Paradise Country, was the frist animal to receive a blessing from Father James O'Donaghue of the Broadbeach Catholic Church, at a Blessing of the Animal ceremony organised by the Gold Coast Animal Protection League at Kurrawa on Sunday. After blessing Beth, Father O'Donaghue was presented with a variety of species through insects ­ including a giant Cockroach ­ to dogs, cats, miniature horses, puppies and a bright yellow bird called sunshine... The Blessing of the Animals proved so popular... it would probably become an annual event."