Career
Prior to gaining attention in Australian media, he was drafted as a tall forward by the Hawthorn Football Club and intended embarking on a career as an American Federation of Labor-Congress football player, but was cut after less than one season partly due to chronic injury. He remained on the panel for six years before finishing to pursue his writing. Since "Race Around the World", he has had television stints on Channel 7s "The Late Report" (1999), ABCTV"s "The Einstein Factor" (2004-2008) and the Working Dog /Business School World Cup comedy program, "Santo Sam and Editor"s Cup Fever" (2010).
Since leaving "Breakfasters", he has had recurring radio spots on Tony Martin, Editor Kavalee and Richard Marsland"s Triple M show "Get This", Lindy Burns American Broadcasting Company 774 Melbourne shows "Drive" and "Evenings", and a regular Sunday morning co-hosting chair with Francis Leach presenting "American Broadcasting Company Grandstand Breakfast" and the all football hour "Top of the League".
In 2005 his first novel Players was published, a parody of Australian football variety show personalities. His follow-up book, Australia United (2006), was a Gonzo journalistic diary of his travels with Australian soccer fans to the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
His second novel, "Making News" was published in 2010 and is set in London around a fallen football star and an unethical tabloid newspaper editors He has also written seven children"s picture books, Grannysaurus Rex (2004), The Thirsty Flowers (2006), Harry Highpants (2007), The Minister for Traffic Lights (2008), The Princess and the Packet of Frozen Peas (2009), "The Emperor"s New Clothes Horse" (2012) and "The Elephant in the Room" (2012).
Harry Highpants was selected for the prestigious White Ravens stand at the 2008 Bologna book fair and "The Princess and the Packet of Frozen Peas" was a CBCA Notable, as well as being a successful title for Peachtree Publishing in the United States of America. Their youngest son, Jack, suffers from cerebral palsy.
