I grew up in the marshlands of the Blackwater Estuary, just north of the Thames in England. I can trace my ancestors back at least 250 years in the area where i was born - they were mostly farm labourers and related trades. But my mother's father and, i believe, my father's grandmother were born in Australia where i've lived since 1985 - by pure coincidence.
Since i've been in Australia, i've wandered around a lot. At various times, i've lived in Melbourne, south coast of NSW, Sydney, north coast of NSW, Brisbane, North Stradbroke island, Cairns, Kuranda, the Daintree, Cape York peninsula, Arnhem Land and Darwin.
I've done a fair bit of overseas travelling in that time too.
From August 2005 to April 2006, i lived in Afghanistan and worked as a technical adviser for an organisation building and maintaining community radio stations there. That's where i started writing a blog on myspace.
From June to November 2006, i worked for Maningrida council, in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, as housing and environmental health manager. That town is overrun by vicious and dangerous dogs though, and you can't walk around without getting attacked. It felt like being imprisoned in my home, and i can't live without doing lots of walking, so i left.
I'm planning on going to England for a while at the beginning of December. But before that, i'm having a bit of a holiday and catching up with people and things in the Brisbane to Lismore area of the east coast.
I wrote a diary during a year-long journey i did round the world in 1995 and 1996. You can read it online at http://WillKemp-Words.com/travelling .
Here's a map of the countries i've visited so far. As you can see, i'm trying to make a solid band of red from Australia to north western Europe - there's a few more countries to go...
By the way, i don't collect friends and i generally don't respond to friend requests unless i've had some contact with the person requesting it. So, if i don't know you, and you don't at least message me first, i'm not likely to add you.