The first edition of this magazine launched in l983 included articles and photographs by Richard H. Timperley , former Publicity Officer for the Department of the Northern Territory , Darwin , back in the l970s . An ex-Army officer , from Western Australia , he was irked by the fact that people frequently mispronounced his surname : Trimperley , Trompoly , Italian sounding Trimboli ,etc .
He had a yacht anchored in Darwin and one day he was shocked when another sailed up and he was pleased to hear that a member of the crew correctly pronounced his name : "Timperley ! You old bastard !"...
It was prominent Sydney columnist , ( Charles) Ron Saw , probably on his l974 world yacht tour , who ordered Timpers to come aboard for a drink . Saw began as a reporter in WA , moved to Sydney in the l950s , working for the Daily Telegraph, The Sun , Daily Mirror , Bulletin . He wrote several novels and another book with probably one of the longest titles in the world : Brief Encounters with Uncles,Great Aunts, Wombats, Womcats,Tomcats, Randy Bantam Roosters, Ducks, Pigeons, Seagulls , Elephants, Horses , Dogs, Flora and Fauna , as well as Rare Specimens of Humanity.
The first edition of UP NORTH contained two illustrated articles by Timperley, one about the annual Whitsunday Village Yacht Race in which he participated , the winner the America's Cup entrant Gretel . The other unusual piece , across seven pages , dealt with the interesting life and art of former researcher for the Yugoslav Institute for the Application of Nuclear Energy , Dr Peter Petrovic .
