His adventures ranged from jackerooing and cattle droving to serving on a mounted patrol: he joined the last Mounted Police Patrol and trekked on horseback through 1100 kilometres of the Wunaamin Miliwundi Ranges of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. In the 1950s, he married, bought a  virgin scrub block in the Ninety Mile Desert of South Australia and for ten years, he and Margie developed a sheep farm.
His pursuits included various occupations, such as ranching and livestock management, as well as participating in a mounted security operation: he joined the final Mounted Police Patrol and rode horseback through 1100 kilometres of the Wunaamin Miliwundi Ranges in Western Australia's Kimberley region. In the 1950s, he married, purchased an unclaimed land parcel in South Australia's Ninety Mile Desert, and for ten years, he and Margie developed a sheep farm.