About

Deshton Gordanvic, author of A Painting for Goanna Land

SIGNAL ACTIVE

LAND / MUSIC / MEMORY / EXPERIENCE

About the Author

Deshton Gordanvic

Australian Writer / Musician / Storyteller

Deshton Gordanvic's writing is rooted in Australian land, family history and lived experience. Growing up around a long-established family farm near Nambour, Queensland, he developed a connection to the landscape and to the generations that came before him — themes that run throughout A Painting for Goanna Land.

His life has taken him across Queensland and beyond, through travel, music, motorbikes and hands-on work. The manuscript reflects a restless creative path shaped by guitars and songwriting, Australian roads, practical craftsmanship, observation and the determination to make sense of a changing world through words.

Rather than presenting a conventional memoir, A Painting for Goanna Land brings those experiences together through personal recollection, diary, storytelling and reflection — always returning to questions of identity, independence, belonging and what it means to still call Australia home.

01 / ROOTS Queensland, Australia

02 / CREATIVE Writing & Music

03 / STORY Land, Memory & Life

I still want to call the land of OZ my home. A Painting for Goanna Land

Reader Reflections

Responses to a deeply personal Australian story of family, landscape, music, memory and a life spent searching for identity, meaning and home.

REVIEW_01 / ROOTS “

Land & Heritage

“What stayed with me most was the sense of place. The family land, the Queensland roads and the desire to still call Oz home give the book an emotional centre that keeps pulling you back.”

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REVIEW_02 / SOUND “

Music & Memory

“Music feels like a second language throughout the book. Songs, guitars, memories and moments from the road continually cross over, giving the writing its own unpredictable rhythm.”

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REVIEW_03 / MEMORY “

Life & Reflection

“This isn't a conventional memoir. Diary, family history, fiction, humour, hardship and personal reflection sit beside each other in a raw record of one man's experience of a changing world.”

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