About Me

Hi, my love of sport came out of visiting the grey area

between life and death and been given the opportunity to claim life and life more abundantly.

 I am an avid sportsman who’s sport is a lifestyle and a

vehicle that brought me back from the serious brain

disease where my life was a series of constant illness and

hospitalization.
 

 I have been through a lot of the up and downs of life and its Joys

    As well as the low points, what I put up on these pages

reflect a desire to see a better way of life for all those who

 are looking for answers or support

   I have been a triathlon Olympic distance athlete for 10

years now. I am an Australian Representative Triathlete, I

have been a state and National champion in two different

 sports and have a passion for life that is fulfilled through

 my sense of adventure and competitive nature.

 I have had some good results and met some

great people along the way. 

    The more that I spend time with sporting people and

get involved with people that are willing to challenge

themselves to go a step higher or get out of their comfort

zones

     I see the metaphors of a life well lived, you can not

have life if you are not prepared to be a participant in the

great race that is life itself lets face it in your first race

you were the wining egg.

      Your first transition saw you out of the water and

sucking air and ever since we have been working our way

to a finish line that has many milestones along the way. 

       I have been dabbling with adventure racing, off road

triathlon and I love my kayak.  

     Living on the SE coast Of Queensland I am blessed

with a great climate and terrain to indulge my passion.

 I have represented Australia at the world Triathlon age group racing,

  I hope that there is information you can use amongst these ramblings

 I used sport for many years to help me through my

 Recovery from the parasite that invaded my brain the

 subsequent difficulties that surfaced were due to what I

  realize now were symptoms of depression.

 It further gave me the realization that there is a stigma

 that is attached to mental health afflictions.

 I know I denied it for years it was only when I found

myself still curling up on the floor and weeping after all

 the work I had done on myself (and self medication) to

 feel at peace I realized I had to get help. I also realized

that there are many people that suffer from various forms

of depression and anxiety but the stigma stops them from

seeking help.

 I know that exercise, sport, diet and healthy mental

 attitudes play an important role in any quality of life that

 we pursue  

I often think of what are the acceptable societal norms

that we crush our existence into.

        I for one have been out of step with what are

acceptable activities, not in an overtly

conscious way of “fuck it all my way or the highway” type

thing, but I have always

managed to question the accepted way of thinking and

adjust my course to the outcome.

       I have not always had the strength to go with my

convictions but as I get more

experience you begin to trust the intuition that the culture

 that we live under attempts to breed out.

     Life takes on more of the way of the Dow, where all

things unsaid are said, and all things undone are done.

     The distance between what we have and what we

desire is only a matter of perception and acceptance of

the is that is.

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     The more we chase an idea of what should be, the

further we get away from the present moment of the

 reality of what is, and this is the only time that is real.