Don’t mean to sound grumpy, but I don’t like travelling. I enjoy skiing, catching up with mates… which means one has to ‘travel’. I won’t sound grumpy…. here is my 2024 skiing and catching up with mates... Read more
When I first started running (because I was fat) I heard about marathons….. to start I signed up for a half marathon. I didn’t finish. On my second attempt, I did finish. Then I signed up for a marathon. Yeah, didn’t finish... Read more
For two and a half years now I have been a prisoner in Australia…. the worlds biggest island. My Alcatraz. As an Aussie, who hasn’t lived here for 20 years, I wasn’t allowed to leave. I had to submit paperwork, which I did 4... Read more
Everyone said I was crazy for spending Xmas in Canberra….now that I’ve experienced it, I think everyone else is CRAZY for not being in Canberra for Xmas. Who here has had a photo with a unicorn and a rhino (they are related so it is... Read more
Last weekend was a holiday weekend here in Queensland. Historically it was when I’d go skiing in Australia, because it is the middle of winter. No skiing this year because of the COVID. The state borders here are closed and because of th... Read more
The darn ‘Rona is breaking all sorts of records. My least days skiing in a single winter out of 27. Least days skiing in probably two calendar years back to back. But, my second winter in Fernie, has been my best so far. Some early season... Read more
For the last 12 years or so a bunch of Queenstown Kunts have gone over to the West Coast on a fishing trip. I was part of the original trip, I have missed a couple recently, but as I’m back in this neck of the woods, I was lucky enough t... Read more
My last day in Fernie (until next November) was hanging out with the Wednesday hiking crew. Today’s hike was up to the top of Frank’s Slide – this is the site of Canada’s most lethal natural disaster. https://en.wikipedi... Read more
Last Monday, I arrived in Maple Ridge (a suburb of Vancouver) and surprised my old skiing buddy Joe. We first skied together 16 years ago!!! Joe is 81yo, he went to elementary school with Joseph and Mary. I was warned to be precious with Joe... Read more
After 13 years, I’m wintering in Canada again….. I’ve grabbed this winter, and my new home town of Fernie, by the gangoolies….. My old skiing mate Bob wanted me to winter in Fernie. Bob and I have hung out a fair bit th... Read more