One foot landed in front of the other, trudging through the mud and leaves on the floor, body slick with sweat from the exertion and humidity, lungs heaving to keep up with the bodies demand for oxygen, shoulders sore from 80kg load across them. The load starts to roll, no correcting this one, it falls to the floor. Pain, blinding pain shoots from the shoulder as the body crumples down to the ground, following the falling bundle. Try to twist into it, snap the sh...

I want to write every little detail of what happened to me in Lorne, it really was a happy time for me. I know most of what happened will be boring to read, but it makes it no less magical to me. I'm also aware I will be boring you all for years to come about how "this one time in Lorne." I can't genuinely apologise for it, because I'm not in any way sorry. So in the interest of not being boring I'll do a career highlights package. Here goes. I spent the time on...

My flight to Australia was not to be a pleasant experience, from Phuket I flew on Jet Star to Singapore. That was fine, an easy jaunt on a well air conditioned plane. What followed was an 11 hour layover in Singapore Airport. With no local currency and no access to most of my money I couldn't afFord to leave the airport to go exploring, I wiled away the hours using the super fast free wifi and wandering up and down the massive terminal. I had the fortune to meet ...