Name : David George GrahamDavid Graham aka Farmer Dave

Motto: 'Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway'  and  'Life is Better when you Share it'

Birth Date: August 28, 1979

Height: 184 cm

Weight: 95 kg

Hometown: Goondiwindi Queensland

Parents: Max and Lucille, Cattle and Mixed crop farmers on several properties of over 90,000 acres

Education: Moonie SS, Toowoomba Preparatory School, Kooralbyn International School, Toowoomba Gammar School, Marcus Oldham Agricultual College, Monash University (external)

Resides: Between his Dog Training Centre in Box Hill near Sydney and his Sheep Farm in South West Queensland.

Hobbies: World Adventure Travelling, Horse Riding, Skydiving, Scuba Diving, Bush Hiking, Snow Boarding, mountain Climbing, Cattle and Sheep Mustering, Dog Training, Political debate,

Life in Dot Points

  • 8 years in Boarding Schools and Colleges
  • Lived in 3 Australian States: Esperance Western Australia, Nevertire NSW, Sydney NSW, Melbourne Vic, Geelong Vic, Goondiwindi Qld, Brisbane Qld, Towoomba Qld, Kooralbyn Qld, Aurukun Qld., Europe: London UK, Berkshire UK, Arona Italy, Milan Iltaly, Florence Italy.
  • Modeled in Europe and Australia Catwalk, Print and TV named Male Model of the Year in 2000 which meant a year contracted in Sydney where the country boy learned to surf.
  • Founded Farmer Dave Free Range Lamb which incorporated a butcher shop, a fleet of mobile refrigerated shops which attended up to 50 farmers markets each month, had a throughput of up to 130 lambs per week , produced vacumm packed premium lamb cuts, boxed lamb, ready to heat meals, Lamburger stalls which catered to over 1000 customers in a lunch time session and also had a range of organic/free range gourmet dog food in production.
  • Implemented a farming strategy utilising hair sheep breeds to use as biological on his 5000 acre mixed cropping farm
  • The breeding of a drought tolerant no shearing, no jetting, no muelsing, no tail docking, easy birthing and low drenching hairy sheep. By crossing a base breed of Merino/ Dorset Horn/Texel with a Dorper, a Damara and then a Namibian White Dorper to produce a well muscled long legged golden haired premium meat sheep, which is managed by Maremma Sheep Guardian Dogs.
  • Lasted 99 days in the Big Brother House.
  • Won Australia Brainiest Housemate quiz show and lasted 8 weeks on channel 7's Dancing With The Stars
  • Regularly Hosts large out door events of crowds of tens of thousands such as Paws in the Park in Sydney, The World Dog Games, Melbourne's Midsumma Festival, Sydney's FairDay, the Melbourne Royal Show and Brisbane's Big Gay Day
  • Spends much of his time raising important issues to him on TV and Radio such as male depression in the bush, youth suicide and animal advocacy
  • Is an Ambassador for the Sydney Swans AFL Team, the RSPCA, The Animal Welfare League
  • Spent 3 years on the Council of the Australian National Flag Association and has been a member of the National Party and Australian's For Constitutional Monarchy since the age of 15.
  • Is a past Education Officer for the Australian Association of Pet Dog Trainers and member on the peak companion animal body for Australia ACAC
  • Traveled to 56 Countries across 5 continents, Climbed in the Himalayas, Traversed the Inca Trail to Machu Pichu, Crossed Russia By Rail, Visited the Arctic Circle, Crossed Mongolia and Easter Island on Horseback, driven the United States from North to South, Swam across the Murray,Thames, Darling, Mekong, Yangtse, Rhine, Danube and Amazon Rivers..just because.
  • Built one of the world largest most comprehensive Dog Sports and Fun Centres in North West Sydney