Bob Stevens is a qualified motor mechanic, but he has spent many years working in Australian open-cut coal mines as a fitter welder and also predominantly as a crane operator on offshore oil rigs in South East Asia and Australia.
His first wife, Ann, died suddenly in Canada during a two-month self-organised world rounding tour she and Bob were conducting
Bob is now married to university educated and naturalised Australian, Lania from Java, Indonesia with both residing in Lakes Entrance, Victoria.
Afflicted with dromomania, (A compulsive urge to travel) Bob has visited one hundred and four countries on six continents, raced motorcycles in three countries, skydived in four countries and flown light aircraft in five countries. Bob has also participated in rodeo but with minimal success.