About Russell

Russell Twomey has undertaken a deep, life-long study of all things nautical, inheriting his passion for the sea from his grandfather, a Commodore in the British Merchant Marine. He is a member of the Australian Maritime Museum Council, and a member of the Queensland Maritime Museum where he lectures on his specialist subject, Maritime History. He is a contributor to the QMM magazine, and also conducts lectures for the University of the Third Age (U3A), and aboard cruise ships. In his home port of Brisbane he is available as a guest speaker to community service organisations such as Rotary and Probus. Russell has travelled by sea extensively throughout the world, and lives on Moreton Bay, Brisbane with his wife Julie.