David is a graduate of Southern Cross Bible College N.S.W. and has for the past  thirty seven years been involved in many aspects of community work including Chaplaincy, Counselling, Community Development, Christian Minister and headed up drought relief programs. He has had forty one years experience in the aviation industry, and to day owns and operates his own Cessna 182 aircraft [VH-DLK] David is currently involved in working with both rural and indigenous communities throughout the isolated inland of Australia, his own rural upbringing and passion for the inland gives him valuable insights to the difficulties the rural communities are facing today.