Alistair MacLeod

Alistair MacLeod is an Australian, a full-time adventurer, who has sailed from Bass Strait in Southern Australia to the south China seas of the Philippines. An accomplished author with his first book Never Die Wondering an autobiography of the Authors adventurous journey in life and overcoming insurmountable obstacles to succeed in living his dreams and accomplishing his ambitions. The Author has a unique style of storytelling, with his plain-spoken humour and succinct insight. His love for...See more

Alistair MacLeod is an Australian, a full-time adventurer, who has sailed from Bass Strait in Southern Australia to the south China seas of the Philippines. An accomplished author with his first book Never Die Wondering an autobiography of the Authors adventurous journey in life and overcoming insurmountable obstacles to succeed in living his dreams and accomplishing his ambitions. The Author has a unique style of storytelling, with his plain-spoken humour and succinct insight. His love for history, travel and culture are evident with his story telling that comes through in his writing. Alistair has had many roles throughout his adventurous life. He started his working life as a show time spruiker then as a Jackeroo leaving home as a 17-year-old and travelling Out Back Australia. As a stockman he worked on cattle and sheep stations with many itinerate jobs over several years travelling and exploring Australia. Buying his first grazing property at only 23 years of age in the Snowy Mountains. An entrepreneur who has had many business ventures, creating an adventure horse trekking tourist business, developing a value adding timber processing milling operation, purchasing and developing several cattle grazing properties, and many other property development ventures over 30 years. A Road scholar not a Rhodes scholar, a raconteur whose life experiences and personal and business philosophies that drives his life are emphasised in his writing. A successful businessman who has made his wealth through property development and Investment, that has enabled the Author to explore many parts of the world, listening to stories from other's and learning about different cultures and history. The Author lives on his yacht affectionately named Never Die Wondering II, since retiremen, and continues his travelling and exploring to remote and exotic locations across Australia and the world. See less