In this interview Bob describes growing up in Christchurch and Kaikoura. After a brief stint in the NZRAF Bob went into farming and in 1960 he and his young family moved to Te Anau where he took on a role as a farm manager for Lands and Survey. In his first position he ran the Kakapo Block. After a stint in Canterbury, Bob and his family returned to Te Anau, this time as a field officer on the Takatimu Block. Bob talks about the development of farming in the Te Anau Basin, the ballot system and how in 1984 they won the ballot and got their own land on Mararoa Road, which he and wife Dorothy farmed until retirement. Bob went on to graze stock for absent owners and train sheep dogs on a small block of land on the outskirts of Te Anau.