John HURLEY

We love to hear stories of people trying out the “dark side” and ending up in Lorne! We realised the error of our ways John said, and Lorne became their holiday destination.

For 17 years his family rented Upper Kincraig in Smith Street before they bought a block of land, built on it and have been there ever since. John is not retired yet but he and wife Amanda spend plenty of time enjoying the Lorne environment. Their two boys who are at university, compete for house time at weekends and holidays.

John grew up on a farm near Ballarat, was educated there and in Melbourne. When he left school he tried returning to the farm, quickly discovering it was not for him and instead became a cadet with G. J. Coles. For more than five years he was given postings around Victoria then decided to take a year off and travel the world.

After leaving Coles and working at a variety of jobs he set up a new company he called Australian Corporate Interiors to supply commercial furniture to corporations. Today this has blossomed to a full blown project management company handling large commercial fitouts.

Every time he won a job he rewarded himself with a precision classic car model. He attributes his obsession of real classic cars to this. I like to take them for a spin and use one in Lorne all the time. They are mainly Land Rovers.

He and Amanda love to travel and have recently visited the US and Britain. As a family they have enjoyed four wheel drive holidays in Northern Australia. They have had walking holidays New Zealand and Tasmania. They love the arts and are Qdos regulars.