The Truth They Tried to Bury

My name is Simon Golding. In 2007 I lost my mate Andy Whitton when he fell overboard from his yacht during a Pacific crossing from Tahiti toward the Galapagos. There was no evidence of foul play and no charges were ever laid against me. But Australian Story turned it into a smear campaign full of half-truths, edited interviews, and character attacks.

Separately, in 2010 I was arrested in the Mayhem of Eden cocaine bust at Scarborough Marina (Operation Bergonia). That case is overwhelmed with corruption: AFP officers filmed removing bags in the early afternoon while swearing they didn’t board until 8pm, a Customs officer from the bust caught snorting cocaine four days later, hundreds of kilos missing, 24 Customs officers never disclosed, and my 2017 Federal Court application ignored.

This site is my side — the facts from the files, the photos, the letters, the transcripts. No spin. Just truth.