Ballarat born, moved to Bendigo then Melbourne with a stint in Mackay in between, now living in Yea/Melbs. Working full time mostly in the Victorian regions.
In 1982 a zookeeper at the Izu Shaboten Zoo in Shizuoka prefecture accidentally discovered that capybaras absolutely loved soaking in hot water, and the practice of providing them an onsen, or traditional Japanese hot springs, was born.