Ray Barker

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Automotive
Occupation Company director: 4WD1
Location Castle Hill, NSW 2154, Australia
Introduction 1958: Assistant office boy with a major automotive finance company. 1968: Accountant for a high-profile auto dealer and car-racing family. 1974: Est. 4WD1 - now a leader in its field in Australia. 1974-on: Contributor of 4WD-based editorial to many publications including Jeep Action, Bushdriver, Motor, Four Wheeler (USA), 4x4 Japan. Foundation member of the Toyota Land Cruiser Club Australia (1969). Foundation member of the Cherokee Club Australia (1989). Member of the Range Rover Club of Australia (NSW).
Interests Four-wheel drive touring, Australian history, Photography, Travelling, Reading biographies and the history of other countries, cultures and lifestyles.
Favorite Movies Casablanca, Unforgiven, Rain Man, The Piano, One Few Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Godfather Part II, Star Wars (1977), Patton, Dead Poet's Society, Lawrence of Arabia, Beautiful Kate, Walk The Line, Ten Canoes, Into the Wild, Chicago, Braveheart, On Any Sunday, The World's Fastest Indian, The King's Speech
Favorite Music Albums by k.d.Lang, Tony Bennett, Rod Stewart, Willie Nelson
Favorite Books Authored by: Bill Bryson, Jeremy Clarkson, P J O'Rourke, Henry Lawson, Ian Plimer, Michael Palin, Paul Barry, Chris Masters, Neil Oliver.