"A remarkable tale of adventure, courage, and adversity"

Phillip Playford
Historian

"Allchin challenged the elements in his fishing career, but discovered too late that his long absences had cost him the opportunity to be guide and friend in his three daughters' childhoods."

Jim Henderson
Historian, Journalist

"...a very brave and courageous statement - it is always difficult to bare one's soul so publicly"

Kerry Stokes, AO