I grew up in the marshlands of the Blackwater Estuary, just north of the Thames in England. I can trace my ancestors back at least 250 years in the area where i was born – they were mostly farm labourers and related trades. But my mother’s father and, i believe, my father’s grandmother were born in Australia where i’ve lived since 1985 – by pure coincidence.

Since i’ve been in Australia, i’ve wandered around a lot. At various times, i’ve lived in Melbourne, south coast of NSW, Sydney, north coast of NSW, Brisbane, North Stradbroke island, Cairns, Kuranda, the Daintree, Cape York peninsula, Arnhem Land and Darwin.

I’ve done a fair bit of overseas travelling in that time too.

From August 2005 to April 2006, i lived in Afghanistan and worked as a technical adviser for an organisation building and maintaining community radio stations there. That’s where i started writing my Working In Afghanistan blog

From June to November 2006, i worked for Maningrida council, in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, as housing and environmental health manager. That town was overrun by vicious and dangerous dogs though, and you can’t walk around without getting attacked. It felt like being imprisoned in my home, and i can’t live without doing lots of walking, so i left.

I’m currently in England for a while. I don’t know how long i’ll be here for, but i’m here for the forseeable future.

I wrote a diary during a year-long journey i did round the world in 1995 and 1996. I called this diary Travelling By The Moon and you can read it online.

I also take lots of photos – and you can see some from Afghanistan at WillKemp-Photos.com/afghanistan and there will be lots of pictures of Australia and Europe there too, soon. I took the picture at the top of this page myself – with the camera on a tripod on the ground and a remote control in my hand.

The blog posts here are just links to my main blog site – http://SnapAndScribble.com