AS Forrest Gump so eloquently said, “Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're going to get.”

And for Michael Thomson, Werrimull legend, that definitely has been the case.

Born in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern in 1964, Mr Thomson was educated at Namara Primary School, East Burwood Kingwood College, Box Hill, Daylesford Tech/High and then Dookie Agricultural College.

"I ...