Ok then, who is Rod Davis, what does his CV look like and what sort of things is he interested in?
Well, as I am writing this myself, where I am not my favorite essay writing subject, let me have a shot anyway, as follows:-
I’m 52, with my two favorite humans my son and daughter, Sam 19, and Francesca 18, studying Law and Creative Industries respectively in Brisbane.
I’ve live in Port Douglas and work part-time in Palm Cove, having sailed here from Sydney in the early nineties.
Until March 2008, I am one of two councilors from Port Douglas within the DSC.
I’m an old Shore boy, for those maybe familiar with Sydney, having Uni degree from the UNSW’s Faculty of Architecture, where I was trained in design, town planning and management, ending up in 1979 with a Bachelor of Building. So in my first suit I went out and designed and built a range of big projects worth maybe a $billion dollars in today’s terms and in the cut and thrust of the eighties madness, ended up, after a stint at Leighton’s, being invited to the board of the country’s then most prolific builder developers. I was 29 with theoretically thousands of employees. But despite my nice Sydney waterfront home and the new German cars, I was no big fan of all consuming corporate life.
So putting aside life with the corporate side, I had 53ft ketch Fullmoon built and went for a year’s jaunt around the Indian Ocean after the season at the Fremantle America’s Cup .

I had long been a tragic yachtie pouring most of my money into things marine, a habit I have still not yet kicked. From age 10 I had always kept a few boat projects on the go and one of them is sitting in the back yard, looking like it wants to do its design speed of 100MPH, but not moving an inch, whilst the bigger project, the plan to build the prototype world most fuel efficient, 33.5 m (110ft) solar hybrid trimaran known as the Trybrid project is under design and is currently consuming most of my income in paying our country’s best fast ferry naval architects, supported by Tasmania’s Australian Marine College. Apart from being a technology demonstrator, the Trybrid’s longer term deployment is for fast response, post disaster aid work and having in recent years become more interested in aid work than corporate excess, I found myself once again in Sri Lanka, in 4 visits over 16 weeks, organizing post Tsunami recovery, with the kind backing of our Douglas community, where every cent of the $80,000 we raised, went to build a community centre/school/hall/tech college in a small beachside village called Talalla. It was to me a very moving experience, being part of the worlds’ biggest ever aid project and I maintain close union of the heart with the victims, having only just paid for a half share in a three wheeler for the one family to whom I failed to get donated funds to compensate their losses and so, well, I just paid for one and half wheels of their $$K 3 wheeler. A red one I’m told. So I suppose, next time I visit Douglas Shires happy project in Sri Lanka, it looks like I will be doing the 7 hour trip on a mad 3 wheeler.
Here in the far north, I designed, built (and badly funded) the Port Douglas Boathouse, and Fullmoon Terraces (where I still live), and having built, owned and operated the Boathouse over a few years, the collapse of its funder did my financial well being no good, whilst eventually doing my overall wellbeing a lot of good. It taught me a fair bit about the tourism business to boot, the hard way.

Professionally I have consulted to a range of public and private companies as a green project manager. For the last few years I have consulted to Accor, both here and in Asia, designing and delivering tourism products, whilst darting around Asia on my private aid and self discovery missions. I am as familiar with hiring bulldozers as I am ‘tripoding’ to the damn things, when their use was wiping old growth forests.
I have dabbled in radio, having founded independent radio in Port Douglas and later Cairns with the one time, fabulous cult fiasco called Trip FM. I also helped found Port Douglas Radio where I contribute a degree of entertainment and colorful insight through a weekly slot called the “Not Rod For Mayor Show” and as occassional breakfast DJ, where I have been quite successful at not becoming a mayor and if you want to hear last weeks a show, brace yourself and have a listen online, by clicking on the Rod Davis stream.

For the last few years I have had more interest in living a life rather than buying one and whilst I am fine working 7am to 7pm most days, I always take time for a long walk, a swim and yoga session each morning and eat clean and green and keep an eye on my health in spiritual as well as physical terms. I was not a dull student, but unlike Bill Clinton, I did inhale. I didn’t die racing motor bikes and still keep a beast in the garage. I’ve lived in LA, NYC and London for several years and walked many roads in Asia and Europe. I’m not from the moral right and I as imperfect as the guy next door, having been busted for DUI in confusing blur of boat building thinners and beer, even though I’m not much of a drinker in my 52 year old health kick pretence.

I’m a student of many religions and master of none, other than holding a really clear personal view on matters spiritual. In government, I have a particular interest in the climate change solutions, having pushed the introduction of new design codes for commercial and accommodation buildings in Douglas, making them resilient to heat, low on energy use and more livable. This web site goes into some detail of my other political achievements, failures and interests.

Authorised By R. Davis 9/9 Carven Close, Port Douglas, 4877