I was born in Brisbane, Australia in 1947 as part of the Baby Boomer generation.  A Brief career summary as a career geologist I worked for government departments of natural resources in Queensland and Papua New Guinea, I lectured in 2003 in Earth Sciences at the University of Hong Kong, undertook field work in southern China and as an international expert in national geological surveys in Mongolia.

Achievement of management roles was due to introduction of innovative ideas to create seamless QA assured geological GIS products. These roles included Geoscience Manager Southern Region Queensland and for Mineral Resources Team leader mining and exploration tenement management, acting director for the Geological Survey of Queensland (GSQ) and Executive manager and Chief Government Geologist in Mineral Resources Authority Papua New Guinea. I operated in all areas of geoscience, tenure and government geoscience management, and wrote more than 100 geoscientific publications.

Following deterioration of my eyesight in 2019 I refocused knowing I had something I more to give to the world. My two great passions are promoting geohistory tourism linking geological processes to landscapes and resources vital for human civilisation and also protecting the earth’s fragile ecosystem through encouraging local communities to demand government action to stop developments that cause detrimental effects to human health, the earth’s ecosystem and cultural heritage. The human challenge is to undertake activities that are sympathetic with the earths ecosystem and move forward the research of current major issues confronting humanity. Nature can still be used, conserved, and restored sustainably through reorganization across all technological, economic, and social factors to deliver optimal care for our earth’s ecosystem. A major positive 21st Century outcome globally is that more people have been lifted from abject poverty in the world than ever before in history. The current products are my effort to deliver my passion.