(I'm publishing this again, as last week's post had some bad inaccuracies and omissions in it - entirely my error. Mea culpa! Ed.)
Looking at his surname, you might expect that Paul has a European background, and you’d be right: he’s Flemish. For those unfamiliar with the Geography: Flanders is a part of Belgium where 60% are Flemish speaking Dutch and 40% Walloon speaking French. So, what happened? Long story (very long story), but in a nutshell: of all places, he met his (Australian) wife over 40 years ago, in Kathmandu, Nepal. After decades in Europe, two years ago they returnedbl to Australia.
They have two daughters, one living in Melbourne, the other in Antwerp.
In his spare time, he enjoys bushwalking, sailing his 40-foot boat, cooking, and... reading Science Books. Stuff like The Interaction of Light and Matter, especially the science and its evolution of Electromagnetism. Or watching foreign language movies, such as ‘Vie Privee’ (Private Life, with Jodie Foster). Why? “They have subtitles,” he explained...
Among the wheelchair shed volunteers, he sometimes is designated as ‘P4’ – yes, we have multiple Pauls in our team). Good to have you on our Wheelchairs team, Paul!
(Picture: Just so you don’t get anxious about WH&S: I asked Paul to remove his safety goggles for the photo! We don’t operate grinders without them!)