Having lived and travelled in many parts of Australia thanks to an early military career, Neil commenced overseas travel in 1980. In that year he worked as a scuba diving instructor in the Red Sea around the Sinai Peninsular then with Club Med in Cancun, Mexico. Other travels included Greece, Jordan, the USA, Belize and Guatemala. He then commenced a financial planning career in 1985 and has travelled internationally in this time on business, pleasure and to compete in Masters sporting events. Destinations included England, Ireland, France, Italy, Thailand, Hong Kong and a return trip to the Yucatan Peninsular of Mexico, Belize and Guatemala in Dec/Jan of 2007/08.

Since then he has been to Germany, Austria, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Dubai, Jordan on two archaeological digs, dived again in the Red Sea and now, has just returned from a “Caribbean Caravan” to nine of the islands.

Neil has spoken and written extensively in Australia over the past 20 years on financial matters and in recent years spoken and written on travel and related photography.