My Name is Ian McGregor, I’m from a small town in South Australia called Mount Gambier.

Personal:  Married to Fiona with a daughter (Keeley) who keeps us quite busy

Career: An Engineer (mechatronics) working in the timber industry,

I started as an apprentice electrician and continued to study after I finished my apprenticeship, I started moving into supervisory/managerial roles while still improving my knowledge in the electrical field, until one day I had run out of useful courses to do in the trade/technician area, so I decided to enrol at Deakin University and study to be an Engineer (part time - while still working) just for something to do rather than just do an electrical degree, (the area I had been working in for the last 10 years or so) I chose to take on the mixed degree of Mechatronics, which is a mixture of mechanical and electrical disciplines, aimed at the integration of mechanical and electrical systems.

My Interests and most likely what I’ll be blogging about are:

• Brewing beer
• Personal Development
• Health and fitness
• Kyokushin Karate
• Building electronic Gadgets (mainly for brewing)
• Dabbling with Linux (when I get time)
• Trade and Engineering skills in Australia

My other blogs/pages can be found at

www.mackaonline.com  mostly about personal development

brew.mackaonline.com  my home brewing pages, mostly about brewing beer, with some information on mead and distilling