[3] In 1984, he moved to Sydney and spent time performing his poems in the pubs and clubs of the inner-city, often as a support act for local bands.
His books for children and young adults have been translated into numerous languages and are regularly set on school text lists in his native Australia.
He regularly visits schools throughout Australia where he talks with students about poetry and soccer, which he has loved since childhood.
[4] He has also performed in the United Kingdom, USA, Singapore, Canada, Croatia, Spain, Vietnam, Germany, The Netherlands and the Czech Republic.
His other travel books include 'Cycling North', tracing a 4000-kilometre bicycle journey from Marseille, France to Bergen, Norway, and 'Cycling South', following his trek from the Highlands of Scotland to the Islands of the Mediterranean (Sardinia and Corsica).