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To contact me, please email: johnheathcock@gmail.com or leave a blog message on this page.

This website is a summary of my notable travel and outdoor experiences including travel to unusual places, hiking adventures, sailing activities and marathons. The pages are organised by geographical area. At this stage I have pages for Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. There are subpages under each of these main pages to cover the various activities. There is also one page covering my community activities in and around Brisbane.

I grew up in Cape Town, South Africa.  After much soul searching and emotional agony, I emigrated to Australia in 1983. Over the years I have lived in various cities in Eastern Australia, USA and Singapore and travelled the world for business and leisure. I am divorced and recently retired (from Rio Tinto, Aluminium Division). I live in Brisbane, Queensland in the pleasant riverside suburb of Toowong and have two wonderful and talented children, Andrew and Claire who both live on the Australian East Coast (Coffs Harbour and Cairns) with their partners Kate and Jason.

Some family photos from Christmas Day 2014 and their weddings are shown below.  Most recent photo shows the new addition to our family, son to Andrew and Kate, Jamie Christopher who came into the world in December 2016.

Christmas breakfast

Christmas breakfast

The excitement of Christmas never fades..!

The excitement of Christmas never fades..!

Jason's gift

Jason’s dreamtime…4WD tracks of Outback Australia

Claire loved her new handbag and purse

Claire loved her new handbag and purse

Andrew and his Katmandhu rain jacket

Andrew and his Katmandhu rain jacket

Kate and her Katmandhu rainjacket..!

Kate and her Katmandhu rain jacket..!

Claire and Jason at the annual Woodford Music Festival just after Xmas

Claire and Jason at the annual Woodford Music Festival just after Xmas

Andrew and Kate Wedding, Coolum, 7 September 2013

Andrew and Kate Wedding, Coolum, 7 September 2013

Mr and Mrs Heathcock

Mr and Mrs Heathcock

Andrew and Kate

Andrew and Kate

Claire and Jason Wedding, Lake Placid, 4 June 2016

Claire and Jason Wedding, Lake Placid, 4 June 2016

The expanded Heathcock family

The expanded Heathcock family

The Millcocks

Three Generations – April 2017