He has encountered many storms of the metaphoric kind and no doubt there will be more, but in the meantime he has come to know, and be known by, our diocesan community. While the restoration of St John’s Chapel at Maitland – in his own backyard, as it were ‒ is perhaps his most visible achievement, he continues to work to bring his vision for Maitland-Newcastle to reality and to move forward in a post-Royal Commission, pre-Plenary Council Australian church.