Adrian was a secondary school teacher for 24 years. He taught English, History, Drama and Religious Education/Studies of Religion Years 7-12, and produced and directed annual school variety nights and plays. Prior to teaching, he ran his own retail business with his wife and was a Commonwealth public servant and House of Representatives Parliamentary Officer. Adrian has written, produced, directed and acted in short films as well as in live theatre. Male students Adrian used to have to send from the classroom for their misbehaviour, and female students, now as adults regularly contact him to be added as his friends on Facebook, to which of course he acquiesces. He also sometimes has a beer with them in the local pubs. Adrian has been married to the same lady for over four decades and has four grown-up children (two sons and two daughters).
