MELBOURNE -- A Deaf wrestler is one of the rough sleepers living on the main thoroughfare that visitors take on their way to the Australian Open in Melbourne.
Jonathan 'Link' Hardy and more than a dozen homeless people have set up makeshift homes at Melbourne's Flinders Street Station, The Age reports.
Mr Hardy from Safety Bay in Perth has travelled around Australia and overseas, including to the U.S. where he claims he competed in WWE-style tournaments.
The 28-year-old has been living on the streets for nearly four years, and started sleeping outside Flinders Street Station just before Christmas.
Being completely Deaf has added to his problems, and as he does not know sign language he has to write down the answers to questions. This has led to trouble with the police recently.
Daily Mail Australia photographs showed him remonstrating with police officers on Wednesday on a couple of occasions, while also flexing his muscles with his top off for the camera.
He claimed that police regularly hassled him, and tried to move him on daily. There is a hand-written sign taped to the wall above where he sleeps and a book, titled Steps to Christ.
It says: 'I hate drugs and I love go gym and eat a lot. I always look after myself. I am always hungry. I keep going and look for job so you can ask me about job.'
Mr Hardy said he had not received much support from homeless services. He also gets free food and goes to a gym every day to keep up a routine... Read More: Full Story with Photos - Daily Mail.
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