A Brief Guide to Living with Danger by Mike Dixon - HTML preview

About the Author

I’m one of those people who finds it difficult to settle down.  Getting a degree in astrophysics didn’t help.  I worked for a while as a research astronomer then the bottom fell out of the jobs market for people with my qualifications.  With a family to support, I searched around and found a job in Parliament House (Canberra).  That was short-lived and I moved to North Queensland where I worked in public relations and journalism.  The Great Barrier Reef was just offshore and it wasn’t long before I got involved in the diving industry.  That led to other tourist operations.  My final venture was to set up a backbacker hostel.  I’m now retired and have lots of time for travel and writing.    Mike Dixon, January 2016