Dav is a journeyman who has worked for The Big Issue for the past 17 years. On Wednesdays he sells the magazine outside UTS and has “sold all over Australia” on his journey from Melbourne to Perth and back to Sydney.
“I’ve always had the nomadic blood in me; I just can’t seem to settle down. But I think I’m getting a bit old for it, the head’s saying yes but the body is saying no. So I’ve been in my place for eight to nine weeks. That’s the longest I’ve been anywhere for about 15 years.”
“I’m used to living on the streets; it’s the only time I sleep. This is the first week I’ve slept in my bed, not on the ground. At night time I have to turn the TV on to have noise otherwise I can’t sleep, it’s too quiet and it doesn’t matter what time I go to bed it’s 4 o’clock that I wake up.”
The happy and jovial Dav loves being outdoors and enjoys his sport being a lifelong Collingwood fan. “I only back two teams in the AFL, Collingwood and whoever’s playing Essendon.” The same goes for the NRL, with Canterbury Bulldogs and whoever is playing Manly.
Having worked for The Big Issue for so long, Dav wouldn’t have it any other way. “I can’t see myself doing anything else for a long time, I know how to do the job and it gives me purpose getting up every morning. And I just thoroughly enjoy it, I just love it.”
