What Mr Stevens always knew is that he wanted his life to be full of fun.

“I’ve always been a person who’s liked fun,” he said.

But his world was flipped upside down when he was hit by a car as a 16-year-old.

“I was in hospital for a very long period of time and had to have lots of operations, I still have all the scars on my body,” he said.

“That really woke me up.”

After the accident, Mr Stevens decided he didn’t want to waste another moment of his life.

“I have a little saying, in life that there’s only two things you can spend, and that’s time and money,” he said.

“Most people spend too much time making too little money, and by the time they’ve got enough money they don’t have enough time.”

In 1989, Mr Stevens became Windy the Wizard, and has gone on to spread joy to children across North Queensland and the country.

Mr Stevens was inspired to name himself Windy Wizard after hearing about popular Walt Disney characters.

“Because he had Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, all those sorts of things, so I thought I would get WW,” he said.

“Windy, because I was always able to talk and always able to do balloon animals, so that would make the first name.”

“And then Wizard, so I could be a master of magic, a master of clowning, stilt walking and all that.”

One of Mr Steven’s most popular acts is his magic, which he performs with rabbits.

“Queensland is quite unique, we have a ban on rabbits,” he said.

Mr Stevens is the only person in Queensland with a license to own rabbits, setting him apart from other entertainers.

“No matter where I am, whether I’m performing in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, everyone likes rabbits,” he said.

Windy’s rabbits are a key part of his act, where he invites children to perform the magic.

“When I do the show, it’s not me doing the magic, it’s the child,” Mr Stevens said.

“The child stands up, they hold the wand, check the box is empty, they do the magic trick, open the box and the rabbit is there.”

“Anyone can do the magic trick, most adults will know magic is technically just a mechanical thing or just an illusion.”

“But how do you make the child feel magic?”

Mr Stevens is no stranger to working with children, he was a “well-respected” gymnastics coach during the 1980s.

“I was a gymnastics coach for Heatley Gymnastics, and we had 1200 children in the club,” he said.

Mr Steven’s role in gymnastics is what led to him creating Windy The Wizard, but he initially dismissed the idea.

“I was in Sydney one day, and one of the other coaches, Debbie, got up and said ‘Craig, you should become a clown, Townsville doesn’t have a clown’.”

“I said excuse me but I’m a nationally recognised gymnastics coach and judge, and I’m studying psychology at university, there’s no way I’m going to become a clown.”

But eventually, Mr Stevens realised the profession was right up his lane.

“In everything I do, I just want to have fun, and I like to share that fun with everyone else,” he said.