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This being my first ever blog post, I though I’d start by telling you a little bit about myself — where I come from and why I’ve dedicated a good chunk of my life to working in the sometimes frustrating, but always inspiring, international humanitarian and development sector.

My ride through this life has been an eventful one and I guess people who knew me in my early 20s might be surprised to learn where I’ve ended up today.

I spent much of my youth playing with the Melbourne band Huxton Creepers and it’s always interesting describing what sort of band we were… I’m usually happy enough to say we were like the Hoodoo Gurus but not as famous! But we sure had our moments, tours with my heroes such as the Ramones were great times and it’s nice to have three albums worth of material to look back on. When the Creepers wound up I travelled extensively with my wife Jenny and at this time decided I’d like to really get involved in international development when I returned to Australia.

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