Greetings!
GDP Cleary here.
I am also and often known as Grant.
My parents gave me three โfirstโ names:
Grant, which may mean tall or large (and possibly grand or great,)
Douglas, after my dadโs oldest brother, a successful wheat cockie,
and Phillip, my dadโs middle name.
Dad always called me GDP and why argue with a good dad.
If you want to call me Grant, the โaโ rhymes with Art, not Ant.
This was my parents choice and I like it.
I was born in Australia, in the Mallee town of Redcliffs.
When I was a child we moved to Robinvale, another Mallee town further east on the Mighty Murray river. Dad was a country doctor, a surgeon and GP. Mum was a nurse, mother and all round superwoman.
My teenage years were divided between Robinvale, boarding school inย Melbourne and my Grandparentโs wheat and sheep farm.
At the age of 25 I broke my neck on a trampoline in Queensland.ย This was quite annoying but has immersed me in a fascinating and unusual life.
Some of my favourite things are: travelling, writing, the many and various arts, technology, nature,ย the past, the present and especially the future.
I hope you find something here both entertaining and useful.
Cheers, GDP
Please see myย Travelย page for more information.
Here are some photos of me through the years.