[1] Serong grew up in Melbourne’s bayside suburbs and completed his secondary education at Xavier College in Kew.
From years 4-8 he attended Xavier’s Kostka Hall junior campus in Brighton.
He now resides in Port Fairy in regional Victoria with his wife and children.
[4] He co-edited the short-lived journal Great Ocean Quarterly established in 2013.
He contributed to the collection Minds Went Walking: Paul Kelly's Songs Reimagined (Fremantle Press, 2022).