On Tuesday, our guest speaker will be local entrepreneur and travel expert Mark Brown.

Mark was born in Cygnet, Tasmania, in 1949 and spent his early years at Bothwell before moving to Trevallyn in 1956.

He was educated at Launceston Church Grammar School before joining the well-known Launceston law firm, Ritchie & Parker, in 1966.

In 1969, Mark was conscripted for National Service, and he served with the Australian Army in Vietnam from 1970 to 1971.

In 1972, he joined Ansett Airlines in Launceston and worked for them until 1989, when he opened his own highly successful local travel agency, which he ran for the next 30 years.