In 2022, my stepdad passed away and shocked us all when he left all his $6.5 million in assets to my half-brother (his biological son), leaving my sister and me with nothing. To make things fair, our mum (divorced from him 10 years ago) updated her will to split her assets 50/50 between my sister and me.

As you read this, I’m flying somewhere above your head.

We’re on a long-haul flight to Europe, which means that our four free-range farm kids are currently locked up in an aluminium tube for the next 22 hours.

I’ve had a bloke living in my back paddock for the last couple of months.

True dinks.

His name is Oliver, and he’s a 21-year-old pommy backpacker who works on my farm, lives in his van, and does his business in our shearing shed portaloo (which, up until now, has only been used by shearers and requires a full hazmat suit to do a number two).

Last year on Father’s Day you advised readers to sit down with their father and ask them five questions on video.

I feel a bit disturbed when a different strategy recently came to my attention. If you don’t have any children (or don’t plan to, which is becoming more common) and are therefore not worried about what you might pass on to your children when you die, then you should borrow as much money as you can and pay back as little as possible.

I am now 90 years old and have just completed reading The Barefoot Investor. I wish I had done so much, much earlier!

Last year I bought my parents the best Christmas present ever.

It’s called ‘Storyworth’, and it’s a really cool way to get people to tell their life story.

One of my earliest memories was tagging along with Dad as he volunteered for Meals on Wheels. “Perhaps that’s where I got my social conscience from”, I wondered. “Ha!” he laughed. “Huh?” I said.