The first 15 years of Dave's life was spent growing up on Chatsworth Station owned by MDH south of Cloncurry in North west Qld. Dave attended Mt Isa School of the Air before going to St Brendan’s College, Yeppoon in 2006.
He joined CPC in 2008 at Manbulloo Station. After two years in the camp Dave spent a season away working in the QLD gulf country before returning to Manbulloo in 2011 as head stockman. After moving to Auvergne Station in 2013 still as head stockman, Dave was then promoted to Overseer at Carlton Hill in 2015 where he began to further develop his skills with live export.
In 2017, Dave and partner of seven years Eloise (Ellie), get married and make the move to Newry as Station manager. Dave and Ellie left CPC when Newry Station was sold and recently rejoined CPC to become Manager and Station Manager's Assistant at Allawah.