My earliest memory is . . . making billycarts to ride down Boonah Street, Griffith.

I grew up in . . . the Riverina and we also had four years where we lived in Lautoka, Fiji. Dad was in the Bank of NSW, and we moved around a fair bit in my childhood.

As a child I dreamed of being . . . a professional sportsman, and then a doctor.

On family holidays . . . we usually went with cousins on a beach holiday to the central coast. But we had two big and memorable holidays to Noumea and New Zealand. 

The first music concert I went to . . . I was supervising my sister at a Sherbet concert in Taren Point!

I came to faith . . . as a university student.

My first car was . . . a Morris Minor. Not ideal for the country, which is where I was sent for my first teaching appointment!

The best decision I ever made?  These days I like to say: ‘Marrying Annette’ back in 1984. But there have been lots of good decisions: having our five children, becoming a Christian, taking up the position as Barker College School Chaplain . . . 

I decided to come back to parish ministry because . . . I’d ‘done life’ with teenagers for 40 years. They were at the beginning of their journey – I sensed it was time to be amongst adults who wanted to finish the journey well and with a ‘grown-up’s faith’.

I wish I had learnt earlier . . . that ‘grace’ is what is at the heart of the Christian faith.

Currently I am reading … a memoir, ‘A Lot with a Little’ by Tim Costello. I am also hoping to go to the Jewish Film Festival which is on at the moment and see the film featuring Leonard Cohen “Hallelujah’.

After Covid I would like to visit . . . England and spend time with my daughter Martha and her growing family.

In my spare time I like to . . . walk and talk with family and friends.

The best advice I ever got was . . . treat others the way you’d like to be treated.