G'day Ben, Last time I wrote, I think I said the next message wud be more than footy results (Pies have a win-loss record @ the moment of 1-4, & play Pt. Adelaide over there this PM.) so will talk abt the weather as well: have had rain by the truck-load over the last 10 days or so, and today is pretty cold. Work is still extremely very busy, (Mannie & I have managed only abt 2 coffees since you left, but sometimes we get one to take away and have it "on the run" as we continue working. Havent had time to think abt it much, but we (Marianne & I) will be in Sydney in 6 weeks time, en-route to Canada - we fly into Vancouver on 15 June. As u know, Sandra left @ end January to have her baby, & we have not seen her since. Bryley keeps in touch with her, and said on Friday that she is planning to introduce Charlee to the Harrison crew some time this week. Nothing much else to report; hope to write soon and will give some impressions of Canada. ......... Redfern ..............

hey BBBB, hope this email finds you fit and well? Just caught up on your whereabouts. It really does put our life here in preston to shame!! We had an awesome time in Forster spectating. Stayed at the finishing line till the last person came through. It was a great atmosphere. Macca and Bentley won once again. Ritchie got onto the sand bath under the bridge that joins Forster and Tuncurry to scribe into the sand. He even wrote a message to macca as he was running over the bridge - picture this Ritchie in nothing but his jocks, macca and a helicopter- all in the name of support!! Anyways Ritch is still on for 2005 and awaits to start his training. Must be waiting for you I think. We started painting Keithy's room on the weekend and I really need to lay off the choccies and bickies as I am now getting fat. Will post you a photo to laugh at soon. Take Care Naisy and Keith

Benny, I am so jealous. Looks and sounds like you are having a fantastic time. Good to see you haven't gotten into any trouble (or are they stories you tell when you get home?). I couldn't remember what your website address was but what do you know you type in "Ben Wolstencroft" in the Yahoo search engine and there you go. You are in everything from soccer to motorcycle websites and are still on the Harrisons website (they are obviously finding it hard to let you go!!) The internet is a wonderful thing isn't it. Anyway have fun and keepacruisin'.

Ben,

Looks like you are having a great time. Your website looks fantastic with all those great photos. Hope you are well and looking after yourself. The Pies have not started the year off that well, however I guess you have other things on your mind.

All the Best

Brent

Benny, wow, what a trip - Brad and myself are just cruisin' and enjoying the Island life - Brad is keen as to do NZ next year, so he'll be back on the bike and off the beer in no time - swim squads will be different from the old turtle smuggler sessions of swim 40 minutes then swill beer! As for me, just lookin' after oldies, finished with the chemicals, people kept telling me I would have mutant pink babies if I kept going! Brad has won local male in all 4 aquathon events down here, so he is a force to be reckoned with - he would have won the Cape Patterson Aquathon overall, except Gabrielle Boris made a guest appearance - who would have thought, small country town - bummer - he's lovin' it. Ben and Craig are good, Craig is as mad as ever - still wrecking everything in site - think we'll have to concrete the backyard. Take care Benny.

G'day Intercontinental Conqueror. Hope all is well mate. Bet you're spewing you missed Foster (not). Just got an email from Sar who informs me that you are eating steak and chocolate in Argentina so I figure I need not concern myself too much about your well being. Just had a quick look through your archive of emails and I without checking the mirror I think I turned a light shade of green with envy.

As a psycho ironman athlete you'd be interested to know that I did the 100km Oxfam Trailwalker on March 26. We managed to knock it off in 22:02, and the organisers unmercifully made the last 8 km a climb straight up the side of Mt Donna Buang. Got there for sunrise on Saturday morning though, and as you know the pain fades quickly leaving an enormous sense of achievement (not to mention a distracting desire to do the Sydney trailwalker in late August). Work's just not throwing out the same challenges as complete sleep deprivation, blisters and climbing a 30% gradient from 4am - 7am.

Anyway mate, i've got your site now so I look forward to "following the dot" and hearing of your exploits. Keep well.

Simon

Hi to my gorgeous cousin Ben (yes you're gorgeous too Andrew!) Your mum gave me your web details last night at Richies wedding. This is a great site! I just wanted to let you know I'm now following your travels and getting rather jealous since my life is not nearly so exciting.
Thinking of you.

I took it upon myself to archive the messageboard. Enjoy your usual 7 rounds of brilliance before the Tigers lads go 'missing' again for the rest of the season........hang on a minute......it looks like its set in early...........go the Demons.

G'day Ben, Just so you dont feel 2 bad re yhe last message, the Hawks thumped the Dees by 49 points yesterday. next week we play R'mond & your boys are up against the might of the Bulldogs. This has got to be short, but hope to be able to report more than footy results next time. Redfern

Richmond 14.13(97) ... C'wood 8.9(57)

G'day Ben, Thankx for the e-mail you sent to us @ Harrisons. When I got back from NZ about a fortnight ago, one half of my brain was sstill reliving the NZ trip, and the other half was looking forward to the trip to Canada in June. However. after abt a day back at work, NZ was a fast fading memory, & Canada seems forever away. It is incredibly busy @ work, so much so, that next Monday's meeting has been cancelled. Don't know how utd you are with the important things in life, but an hour or so ago, the Aussies were 4/280 odd against Sri Lanka (first day of the last test) and St. Kilda beat Geelong in the Wiz Cup. However, the real stuff starts next (not this) Friday with C'wood playing R'mond (GO TIGES). If the tiges do win it will be a race between Manny & me to let you know.
Keep the e-mails, post cards etc coming, and hope to be posting another message on Friday night. ... Redfern Hey.

Well my condolences to the entire family. Zac was a fine beast and Im sure will be greatly missed by all, canine and man alike. Benny, will email soon