David Taylor is a hopeless addict to long road trips, small towns and their history and... great road food.
Born in 1954 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, David joined the Roy...view moreDavid Taylor is a hopeless addict to long road trips, small towns and their history and... great road food.
Born in 1954 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, David joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) at 17. After a varied 21-year career as a Radio Technician, Chinese Linguist and Intelligence Officer he founded Southern Computers & Software. After selling the business in 1995 he joined Industry Capability Network Queensland (ICN), part of a national network of independent industry assistance organisations, eventually becoming General Manager in 2007 and guiding the company through a successful merger with Brisbane-based QMI Solutions Ltd.
Always interested in small towns, great architecture and history, he drove famous Route 66 in 2009. Inspired by the experience and the many similarities between USA's Route 66 and the hidden gem that is Australia's Highway One, he became a full-time writer in 2011.
David's first book is The Highway One Travel Companion; Volume 1: Melbourne to Tweed Heads. Published by Boolarong Press and Highway One Research, it's the first volume in an eventual 5-volume series of travel guide books to this great old road; at 14,500km it's the world's longest national highway and truly one of the world's great road trips. He is now planning the next volumes in the Highway One Travel Companion series with Volume 2: Gold Coast to Cairns due out mid-2012.
David lives just outside Murwillumbah in the beautiful Northern Rivers district in the far north of the state of New South Wales.view less