As I complete my 41st year I guess it is only appropriate to reflect where my life has taken me since those early days growing up in Kingston Beach. After surviving primary school with just two notable scars, my early teenage years were spent playing Hockey for Kingston High, weekends at my Dad's place on the peninsula, in the garden at mum's and wandering the streets of Kingston Beach. My later teenage years was spent playing Cricket with the Kingborough Knights and serving behind the bar, Hockey for the Uni of Tas and completing my commerce degree at Tas Uni.
On finishing Uni I started my first job as a Media Reconciliation clerk, where I became an expert in sticking ads in guard books. With some money in my pocket I moved out of home, up the outlet to West Hobart. Still actively involved in the cricket and hockey, playing, coaching and serving on the boards of both clubs at various stages. Visiting the peninsula dropped off as work , sport and Knoopies took over. On hitting my thirties I had about 5 different jobs and had just started at Veolia Environmental where I was to stay for the next 10 years. Cricket had fallen of the radar, although I was still to make a couple of cameo appearances. Hockey was full on, playing coaching and being Treasurer.
In 2005 I bought my first house in Dynnyrne and still hadn't been out of the country, although I had seen a fair amount of Australia. After five years as manager of Veolia's Tassie accounts team I was offer the opportunity to move to Sydney and help implementation a nationwide IT system for their bin collection system. Since then I have lived in Sydney, travelling back to Hobart to play the odd Hockey game with the Champagne Sevens. Traveled to Africa, South Africa, America and Europe, seen more bands then any normal person should, worked all around Australia doing data conversion and go lives. On completion of the project I move to Melbourne for Six months but eventually finding my way back to Sydney.
Recently I decided to give up my day job and get all the things I have put of doing done, as being involved in an IT project can be a bit all consuming there was plenty to get done, one of which is having a crack at becoming a politician.
I can honestly say the last ten years Managing people and being involved in IT and traveling around Australia, has given me experiences that I could not have hoped to get any other way. This has left me fully prepared to take on any task that is thrown my way. What will the next forty years hold I'm not sure, but I am sure it will be fun finding out.
On finishing Uni I started my first job as a Media Reconciliation clerk, where I became an expert in sticking ads in guard books. With some money in my pocket I moved out of home, up the outlet to West Hobart. Still actively involved in the cricket and hockey, playing, coaching and serving on the boards of both clubs at various stages. Visiting the peninsula dropped off as work , sport and Knoopies took over. On hitting my thirties I had about 5 different jobs and had just started at Veolia Environmental where I was to stay for the next 10 years. Cricket had fallen of the radar, although I was still to make a couple of cameo appearances. Hockey was full on, playing coaching and being Treasurer.
In 2005 I bought my first house in Dynnyrne and still hadn't been out of the country, although I had seen a fair amount of Australia. After five years as manager of Veolia's Tassie accounts team I was offer the opportunity to move to Sydney and help implementation a nationwide IT system for their bin collection system. Since then I have lived in Sydney, travelling back to Hobart to play the odd Hockey game with the Champagne Sevens. Traveled to Africa, South Africa, America and Europe, seen more bands then any normal person should, worked all around Australia doing data conversion and go lives. On completion of the project I move to Melbourne for Six months but eventually finding my way back to Sydney.
Recently I decided to give up my day job and get all the things I have put of doing done, as being involved in an IT project can be a bit all consuming there was plenty to get done, one of which is having a crack at becoming a politician.
I can honestly say the last ten years Managing people and being involved in IT and traveling around Australia, has given me experiences that I could not have hoped to get any other way. This has left me fully prepared to take on any task that is thrown my way. What will the next forty years hold I'm not sure, but I am sure it will be fun finding out.
