Anthony Gowing, ADFM (University of Sydney-Orange), 28 (at Jan 1 2008), grew up on a cattle property in north western NSW and was educated at Knox Grammar School in Sydney. He was introduced to the understandings of the human condition in 1996 by his friend William Salter and Will’s sister Genevieve Salter. Since leaving university he has worked on several rural properties across Australia. From 2000–2003 Tony represented the NSW Country Rugby Union and in 2003 was awarded ‘Player of the Year’ for the competition. Tony became actively involved in the FHA in 2005 and currently works full-time in developing the University of Denial-Free Studies.