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Krista Bell - An Australian author of Childrens' Books
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I was born on 27 January 1950 at the War Memorial Hospital in Bondi Junction in Sydney's eastern suburbs. My brother Michael was already seven and a half. We lived in a flat in Birriga Road, Bellevue Hill until I was one. Then we moved to our own house in Wilberforce Avenue, Rose Bay. It didn't get renovated until I was about fourteen and my brother had graduated from university as an architect. But I always had my own room and two dogs in the backyard, Nipper and Spooky.
So I grew up in Rose Bay, going to the local school until the end of Grade 5. Then I went to St. Vincent's College, Potts Point, which meant taking the bus and walking through King's Cross twice a day going to and from school. Very daring! One morning The Beatles were waving from the verandah of the Sheraton Hotel where they were staying during their tour. I was thirteen and I was so excited. My best friend and I were late to class, but our teacher was thrilled about the Beatles staying so close to our
I was lucky enough to be able to go horse riding each Saturday in Centennial Park, Randwick from the age of eight until I was fifteen and we moved to Melbourne to live for a few years. Then I bought my own horse, Rub al Khali (Khali for short), who was an anglo arab chestnut gelding with a white blaze and white socks. I kept him at the Pony Club in Lower Plenty. There's a housing estate there now! The open spaces have gone - that's progress.
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