He opened up the coast road to Yeppoon, Queensland with his brothers and in 1864 the road from Broadwater to Mackay, Queensland, living for a time at West Hill, between St Lawrence, Queensland and Mackay, Queensland.
In 1864, he opened up the coastal route connecting Yeppoon, Queensland, with his brothers.  He also worked on building a road from Broadwater to Mackay, Queensland, which he lived near at West Hill between St Lawrence and Mackay.