kˈʌɡli lˈɛft tæzmˈeɪniə ɪnðɪ ˈɜːli nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi z tə ɡˌoʊ tə ðə juːnˈaɪɾᵻd kˈɪŋdəm ænd vˈɜːtʃuːəli dˌɪsɐpˈɪɹd ˌɪntʊ ðə dˈoːɹsɛt kˈʌntɹɪsˌaɪd, ɡˈeɪnɪŋ ɐ mˈiːɡɚɹ ˈɪŋkʌm baɪ sˈɛlɪŋ hɪz wˈɔːɾɚkˌʌlɚ pˈeɪntɪŋz, ænd ðˈɛn æz ɐ pˈɑːɹttˈaɪm lˈɛktʃɚɹɚɹ ɪn kəmpjˈuːɾɪŋ ɪn bˈoːɹnɛməθ ænd lˈʌndən.
Cugley left Tasmania in the early 1980s to go to the United Kingdom and virtually disappeared into the Dorset countryside, gaining a meagre income by selling his watercolour paintings, and then as a part-time lecturer in computing in Bournemouth and London.