About

 Alex Finlayson



 Alex Finlayson was born in the north of England and slowly moved further away. He now lives in the middle of Queensland, Australia and thinks that’s quite far enough thank you.

Alex and sisters

He survived school by trying to make people laugh and being good at hiding. Apart from losing the plot a little in the middle of grade 9 he was actually reasonably well behaved - though he used more ink on the cover of his book than on the pages.

He’s more surprised than you that he ended up being a teacher – he still chuckles quietly to himself when people call him Sir. He prefers Mr F (really because people have a hard time pronouncing Fin-lay-son / or they’re just lazy)


He originally taught Religious Education in English high schools because he loved arguing with 16 year olds but when he moved to Australia he started to teach primary school.

Alex and daughter Charli near Redcar, England

Just as he got used to not tripping over the little folk he decided that it was high time he went back to high school. He now teaches English and Study of Religion and tries to remember not to swear.

Alex and Family

Alex lives in a small house in a small town and when he's not working, spending time with his wife, playing with his daughter, or tinkering with his Mini, he tries to find time for his other great loves in life; Football, Drawing and Writing.

He hates the word ’soccer’

He had a plant called Peter the Peace Lilly – it died.



I'm happy to announce that my son, Samson, was born on the 8th February 2011, I now have two kids, a cat, a dog, an indestructable fish called Chuck, my ever exasperated wife and of course, the Mini.