Dougie's blurb

Hi all my name is Douglas Alderton. Born in London UK lived and worked there up until 2004, where I immigrated to Australia and have lived permanently proudly as an Australian citizen on the Gold Coast to date.

My background in work is varied but I started out as a carpenter, worked through the ranks of Foreman, Contracts Manager, General Manager to business owner and entrepreneur.  Since the big move to Australia, I decided to diversify and try new things. Have volunteered at Radio Lollipop as special Guest coordinator to Chairperson. Mentored businesses and Coached at the PCYC as a Judo Instructor. Entering the security industry, I was fortunate enough to get involved in setting up regional aviation security, Corporate and Government security at high level and managed areas of security for the Qld G20 Summits in Cairns and Brisbane last year.

I have many interests and hobbies. Fencing, Judo, Badminton, Kayaking, Diving to name but a few and I am a self confessed thrill seeker.  Have committed to divide time to voluntary work as well as fun time and travel. 

Having travelled a fair amount of the northern hemisphere to 2004, I have now tried out the southern hemisphere, being a fair crack of Australia, a little of the pacific Islands, New Zealand on conference, South Asia, South Africa and together with Julie we are currently planning South America later this year.

I have travelled for differing reasons from one day outings, weekends away, one week/two week vacations, FIFO for work, 4/5 weeks voluntary commitments,  3/4 months at a time and after our next long trip to South America we plan to travel the world for at least 1 or 2 years at a time. So i guess you could say I have a certain amount of travelling experience in me thus far and varying time spent away from base.

A lot of travelling you take for granted the experience you gain without even realising the vast amount of knowledge.accumilated.