MIKE'S PAGE

Home has been Melbourne since May 1986 and I became a fair dinkum Aussie doing the 'citizenship thing' with Mark in 1994.   So the "green and gold' teams have another supporter, especially in contests with anything English.  You'll also hear me shouting the lungs off for our local rugby league team the Melbourne Storm having been members since inception in 1998. Premiers in 1999 and 2007 - GO STORM!!  

Originally hailing  from London, I was born in Fulham, the eldest of six kids, three boys and three girls.  I migrated in 1974 to Wellington,  New Zealand for ten pounds leaving the rest of the family in England, you 'll find most of them around the Hounslow/ Heathrow area.  I figured that I could last the distance of two years, which is what you had to stay before paying you fare back.  If I didn't like it,  the plan was to travel back overland and do the Thailand, India thing as most Kiwis and Aussies did on their trip to Europe.  You figured it out, I stayed!

In a small city like Wellington of what was then 250,000 it's hard to imagine that the paths of Mark and I didn't cross in ten years, that was until 1984, we started setting up house almost immediately.  We have been together since, the sceptics gave us four weeks, if you do the sums I think we have proved them wrong.  Like any other couple we have had the experiences that life dishes out, but from it we have our stories, which like anyone, you just have to laugh or cry.  I am fortunate that from it, I have also gained my best friend, soul mate and lover to continue the journey, check some of the story  and you'll also find out more about Mark here.   

Originally a chef I went to Hotel School at Ealing in London  and have had many experiences in a range of roles within industry,   there are a few stories if you have a few minutes.  I have recently been in Education running the Hospitality & Tourism Department at  a University here in Melbourne, but since the beginning of April 2006 have been in  Business Development. 

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When not working I enjoy: Digital Photography, Developing the Homepage [since March 1998] and meeting new friends on the Net, going for walks with my Man, a Cafe Latte in one of Melbourne's great Cafes, Tracing my Family Tree, Cooking, Travel.  Currently I am trying to get back into the

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