In 1977, he moved to Queensland, and began coaching and playing in the bottom-of-the-ladder Queensland wheelchair basketball team, the Brisbane Breakers. They lost the grand final match of the National Basketball Championships in 1978 by one point, and had back-to-back wins in 1980 and 1981. At the 1980 Arnhem Games, he won a bronze medal in the Men's Slalom 5 event, and coached the national wheelchair basketball team.