Philippines Time We were up nice and early so that we would be ready to meet the van to take us to the airport. We had arranged with Andy for a 5am pickup which would give us enough time to finish the checkin process and catch our flight to Siargao. We made our way down…
The back story It was New Years eve 2022 and we were all down at Currumbin to catch up with the surf crew for a New Years eve surf and some dinner. It has been a bit of a tradition for many years to finish and start the New Year in the way that you…
Not long ago I started dating a lady by the name of Christine, who suggested that Australia was actually larger than I realised, apparently there was more land north of Noosa, I know I didn’t really believe it either, but bear with me. She suggested that there was actually a lot more land north of…
I have read a number of articles over the last few years where the writers have proclaimed that they are addicted to the surfing drug. Now I will agree that surfing is addictive, but that is where its similarity to a drug ends. Here are ten reasons why surfing is far better than any addictive…
It was 1st of March 2016, and I had just finished handing our accounting practice over to a team of young fresh accountants who were busy building an empire on the Gold Coast. This was the first time in a long time that I was unemployed, I still had the responsibilities of two kids and…
I went back to teaching TESOL for a brief period during the holidays at end of 2017 and into early 2018. I wanted to compile a list of some of the best aspects of teaching English as a second language, and here it is. 1. The People By far the greatest part of teaching English…
If you are looking for a rewarding experience where you get to meet interesting people, hear stories of traveling adventures, and of what it is like to live and grow up in foreign countries, then I can highly recommend spending some time as a TESOL teacher. It was coming to the end of 2016, and…
This was the time that I was finally able to use those years of Chinese study to achieve a tangible result. It was later in the afternoon Tiffany, Byron and myself had decided to go for a bike ride from Kirra beach where we were staying via the bike path that runs along the beach…
That was awesome 17 days of surfing, skating, paddle boarding, riding bikes, kicking footballs and catching up with friends and family. We managed to book some time at the Kirra Beach shack for the third year in a row (if we keep this up it will turn into a tradition) and here are some of…
1.Surfers are go getters: these are the guys and girls getting up before the crack of dawn to paddle out in frigid waters in the middle of the winter, to feel that rush of the water, the fresh air and the adrenaline surge you get whilst gliding down the silky smooth wall of a newly…
