I am a travel writer based in Adelaide, South Australia.
My favorite parts of the world to travel and write about are Latin America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Details can be found on my website at "mylinks" on RHS.

My passion is ...

to enjoy life to its fullest while I am able.

I know too much about ...

nothing. It is very important to keep going to courses and learn new things.

My parents always told me ...

to work hard at school. It has paid off at least in satisfaction of achievements.

My childhood ambition ...

was to be a geologist. This I achieved but I have since broadened my activities. Now I concentrate on perfecting the art of idleness interspersed with a little reading, writing and arithmetic!

My favorite memory ...

is catching a limit bag of ten rainbow trout on the Tongariro River at Taupo, New Zealand.

Why I write ...

I write now for the fun of it and providing information for other travellers. Really it is my charity work , a bit like working for "Meals on Wheels".. It pleases me to get favorable feedback.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Reading?....I find Scottish novelist Alexander McCall Smith both amuses and amazes me. Also a book one must read, and I often refer to, is "How to be Idle" by Tom Hodgkinson (Penguin 2004) which is "a spirited and joyful defence of laziness and good living.

My first job ...

after graduating from Uni was to work as a research chemist for the Linde Company, Union Carbide Corporation, in Buffalo NY.

My best moment ...

That's a hard one.... still thinking.

My inspiration ...

at the moment I am not inspired by anyone. Actually, I am dismayed at the gulliblity of some politicians with regard to the global warming hysteria.

Politics, News & Issues > Climate Change Why governments should act on climate change evidence

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Climate change is an important issue and citizens expect that their governments should enact sensible policies that counteract the deleterious effects of it. Having said that, let's first summarize my understanding of climate change before tackling the topic under consideration.

1. Contrary to the views of most media reporters and politicians, climate change is nothing new. Anybody with a good background knowledge of geology will know that climate change has always been with us and always will be. It is the result of natural processes (over 4.5 billion years) and we are fortunate to be...

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