Dr Geoff Dickson leaves CQU Rockhampton this week with good wishes from many, including the triathlon and AFL sporting communities.

Dr Dickson is known within CQU as a lecturer for the School of Health and Human Performance.

He has also developed a profile as a media commentator, AFL player and umpire, triathlon competitor and organiser and sometime marathon runner.

Dr Dickson leaves to take up a senior lecturer position at Auckland University of Technology, where he will head up the sport and recreation management program.

"Rockhampton has been very good to me. I arrived with one suitcase. I knew three people in Rockhampton. I leave with considerably more possessions including a wife and two teenaged kids," he said.

Photo: Dr Dickson is farewelled by colleagues including Associate Professor Kerry Mummery.