Ian Cochrane is an Australian freelance draughtsman, writer and photographer.

Wanderlust lured him to Europe, the Americas, South East Asia and the South Pacific, while work has taken him to India, Africa, the Australian
outback and the highlands of Papua New Guinea.

He now lives in his birthplace - Melbourne, Australia - after many years in the gold country, an hour's drive to the north.

The young Ian was smitten with the storytelling
of his Scottish grandmother while seated at her kitchen table.

My grandma was a short, stooped lady fond of telling stories in her Scottish brogue. In that blue, white and green MacDonald tartan pinny
over a floral dress, she cooked up batches of potato scones, fried fruitcake and black pudding... read the full story (.pdf 66kb )