Errol was born in Richmond, grew up in the Lockyer Valley, was secondary educated in Charters Towers, and a foundation student of the Longreach Pastoral College. He managed family properties in the Richmond and Corfied districts before purchasing Sesbania in the late 70s. Errol spent three years on the Community Reference Panel for the Georgina Diamantina Water Resource Plan and Water Operation Plan, and ten years on the Georgina Diamantina Catchment Committee, two as the chair. He has a sound knowledge of water development and infrastructure, and is passionate about the profitable, sustainable management of our catchment.