TeamWalrus is the online home of Brian King. Born and raised in Townsville region, Australia with one younger sister. In January 2008 I moved to Sydney.

On September 25th 1995 I started working for a Credit Union in Queensland. Initially starting out as a teller, soon after I moved to an administration role to run their IT systems. After more than a decade with the Credit Union I decided it was time for a change. On the 7th December 2007 I officially finished employment with the Credit Union. I was offered a role in an IT company in Sydney which I accepted. So I packed as much of my belongings as I could into my car and drove to Sydney, and found somewhere to live. On 22nd January 2008 I started work in the new company which is based in Pennant Hills. The new role has me developing new skills in program development but still get to use my support and training skills on a daily basis.

At the beginning of 2006 I got a feline companion called Neko. I’d grown up with pets but never had one of my own since leaving home. Took a while to get used to the cat hair everywhere, the meowing, the cat hair everywhere, the leg attacks when you least expect it, the cat hair everywhere. Unfortunately when I moved to Sydney I was unable to find accommodation that would allow pets so she is living with my sister at the moment.

I have an interest in dancing which started back in 2000. Started with ballroom/latin dancing (even went in a few formal competitions). In 2005 I started getting interested in a different dance styles. Initially starting with rueda which then turned into salsa. On a regular Friday night you’ll find me out salsa’ing at a social dance.

For a few years I took piano lessons each Friday night. Progress was slow but that was due to my lack of practice. When I moved to Sydney I didn’t bring my keyboard with me and I haven’t resumed lessons. Unfortunately most of the skills I learned have probably been lost by now.

I’ve done by share of activities including bungy jumping, snow skiing, water skiing, scuba diving, hot air ballooning, white water rafting, jet skiing, paint balling, and I’m sure plenty of others that I can’t remember at the moment. I have an open water scuba diving certificate (although needs a refresher) and have an open motor bike licence. I always like to try new things and am willing to try almost anything once.

I have done a little bit of traveling. I’ve been to most capital cities in Australia and have traveled to the USA/Canada on three occassions; 1997, 2000, 2006. In 2006 I actually went to Las Vegas to celebrate my 30th Birthday. Sure while I was there I went to other places while in the USA but my goal was to celebrate my birthday on the Las Vegas strip which is exactly what I did. In September 2007 I went to Singapore for a week and then went on to Cambodia. However only lasted in Cambodia 3 days before coming home. In November 2007 I went to Japan for a holiday of about 10 days.

I declared 2010 would be the year of the beefcake. I joined a gym and have been going regularly, about four times a week. I’m not sure 12 months will be enough to turn into a whole beefcake. Might have to turn into a multi-year project.

I have always stated I’ll one day write a musical reflecting my lifes twists and turns. I’m sure it would be comicly enjoyable. I’m hoping it turns out to be a romantic comedy. I’m looking forward to my happy ending.