It was only a quick 2 days back in Sydney to recover from the epic Lovedale Cup weekend before we were again in a cab and headed for Sydney International Airport; destination Aukland, New Zealand. See, our good buddy Oliver was turning 30 in just a few days and, as he does, he'd arranged a mega party weekend at a mansion on the cliffs overlooking the ocean on a small island off the East Coast of North Island New Zealand; Waiheke Island. What's more, Oliver being ...

15 miserable hours later and we landed in Australia. Modern air travel still amazes me after all this time. In the time it look us to get from Santiago to Sydney we would still be rotting with 8 hours left on our bus ride from the northern border of Chile to Santiago.Upon arrival, we stumbled through immigration and through quarantine in a zombie-like state. We slowly approached the exit and walked out into the airport terminal as if in a dream. From the corner o...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GINA!!! It feels like we've been celebrating G's Birthday for a week which is because we have; I guess she's just that special. The actual day arrived at midnight on Thursday night which is the night we got back from Perth. That evening we caught up with the CBSi Sydney crew for an innocent enough Happy Hour which turned into meeting the Bondi crew at their weekly Texas Hold'em game which turned into staying up to celebrate the moment the clock s...

The "good-times train" pulled into Perth after a few hours drive North from Margaret River and parked at base camp for the Perth segment of the trip; Morgan and Steph's Scarborough Beach Bungalow. The famous Perth sunshine and warm weather were in full effect and we spent the late afternoon and evening on the beach watching a legitimate West Coast Australia sunset over the Indian Ocean; check that box!! That night was a lovely one and we decided to fire up a pe...

If I were to tell myself a year ago that when we returned to Australia this time around we'd be able to rally a crew of 19 people all the way across the country to Margaret River, Western Australia for a wine tasting extravaganza to celebrate Gina's 30th birthday; I would have believed it entirely. That's not to sound cocky at all; in fact it's way more of a reflection on the friends we have then anything to do with us... That's just, for lack of a better term, ...