Riche loved writing - especially poetry ... creating it, and listening to others' work ... he co-founded with Chris Mansell a Shoalhaven Poetry Festival in 2005, and actively encouraged young aspiring writers to find their voice He also demonstrated his own love of travel, including to different parts of India - where his life sadly ended in Delhi. An example of his writing skills may be seen in his Letters from India about Time & Boredom... or his thoughts on Buddhism - stimulated during an earlier trip, by holy places like Varanasi

 

In his civic ideas,

... as one example he cared that his (later life) home town of Nowra should develop a distinctive character - so he offered the following online essay ... on how our town leaders need to open their minds, to take risks, to accept lateral thinking with design ideas intended to convey a 'town identity'