Don Gough

Age : 42

Marital Status : Single - Any offers ? (Ladies only, please)

Every man should get married at least once in his life.
Why ?
Because it's unfair to be happy all the tine !

Children : None (none that I know of, anyway !)

Living in : Brisbane, Australia

Silvia - Here's a website I set up for a friend in Germany

Dr Braendl - And another German site I am in the process of setting up

Education : Year 10 (age 15). After 10 years of school, I wanted out !

Further Education/Training :

Rexroth Hydraulics - "Basic Industrial Hydraulics" 2 day training course
Rexroth Hydraulics - "Special Hydraulic Technology Topics" 2 day training course
Fag Bearings - "Rolling Bearing Technology" 2 day training course
TAFE - "Vocational Applications of programmable Controllers" - 105 Hours/2 nights per week

Other : Member of Australian MENSA

Employer : Link Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Australia - Been here over 17 years.

Employed as : Technical Manager

Responsibilities : All aspects of equipment design, manufacture and commissioning

Work Skills :

Purchasing
Manager - Diesel engine & construction equipment spare parts department
PLC programming
Hydraulic & Electrical systems design
AutoCAD design of equipment (Link's G1500 grinder is one of my designs)
Writing all Operator & Spare Parts manuals
Petrol & Diesel engine repair
Forklift, Car, Truck & Semi-Trailer licenses
Installation, commissioning of and on-site operator training for Link's equipment
Link's Web Site maintenance
Use and maintain various business computer software - including AutoCAD, MS Word, WordPerfect, MS Excel, Quattro Pro, DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95.

Personal Interests :

Reading Science Fiction Novels
- Favourite Novel = Robert Heinlein's "Glory Road"
- Favourite Series = The "DragonLance" series
- Novels on hand at present 1,289

Listening to good music
- Preferences = Too many to name but covering a full spectrum from Glen Miller to Alice Cooper, German Beer Hall music to Chinese love songs.

Watching good (in my opinion) movies. i.e. "Who's Harry Crumb?", "The Sound of Music", "Little Shop of Horrors",

Driving in the country - especially at night. Open road ahead, good music on the radio and a heavy boot on the accelerator.
And driving on the Autobahn is not bad either - Fast cars, no speed limits, Excellent!!

Snow Skiing Intermediate to Advanced level - No Guts, No Glory !

Amateur Photography. I like to take photo's from unusual places i.e. While rapelling down a cliff in Brisbane, As a passenger in a Tiger Moth doing an aerobatics display over the Gold Coast in Queensland. From the flight deck of a C130 Hercules flying just off the coast of New South Wales. From a Sailplane (Glider) flying over the Australian Alps in mid-winter. While Snow-Skiing. I have also played around with Infra-Red photography. (Besides, I much prefer to hide behind a camera that stand in front of one !)

NEW!! Have a look at my photo albums on Webshots

Bushwalking

Watching Touring Car racing

Genealogy (Family History)

Growing Tulips - generally considered impossible in Brisbane

Dislikes :

Anything Formal

Chinese Take-away and Seafood

Travels :

In Australia - I have been to all the Australian State capitals except for Darwin & Hobart and have traveled extensively throughout the eastern states of Australia

Overseas - I have done a bit of traveling around the world in the last few years, mostly in relation to my job, and have visited (amongst others) the following cities/towns/villages

In the last 7 years, I have spent over 540 days away from Australia

China (2)	Shuntao Village (Shandong Province), Yantai
France (3)	Strassburg, Lyon
Germany (7)	Anklam, Ducharow, Greifswald, Schwerin, Berlin, Essen, Frankfurt, Munich, Cologne, Hamlyn, Wiesbaden, Heidelberg, Stuttgart, Bad Worishofen, Baden Baden, Offenburg, Oberkirch, Mummelsee, Achern, Renchen-Ulm
Hong Kong (10)	Hong Kong
Italy (1)	Milan
Malaysia (4)	Kuala Lumpur, Bukit Mertajam, Berapit
Mexico (1)	Tijuana
New Zealand (2)	Hamilton, Rotorua
Netherlands (1)	Amsterdam
Spain (2)	Barcelona, Murcia
Switzerland (3)	Basel, Grindelwald, Interlaken, Jungfraujoch, Kleine Scheidegg, Lauterbrunnen, Murren, Wengen, Zurich
Taiwan (5)	Kaohsiung, Taipei
United Kingdom (2)	London
United States (8)	Jacksonville Fl, Orlando Fl, Louisville Ky, Memphis Tn, Nashville Tn, Los Angeles Ca, Chicago Il, San Francisco Ca, Corcoran Ca, Las Vegas Nv, New York Ny, Saugerties Ny, East Norwich Ny
Notes :	The number in brackets is the number of times that I have been to each country

Proposed upcoming work-related trips - Germany, Austria, United Kingdom, Latvia