Off and Running with 30 years behind me!!!

The days have crazy been let me tell ya! So far Ive been in New Zealand for a little bit. I was in Auckland but only for a few days. I stayed with Tom my old college roommate and his fiance. We had a great time, we camped out at the beach and surfed,we also went mountain bike riding! Then just we chilled when they were not working. After hangin with them for ten days I was off to Australia to hang with two of my mates from the ice, Jesse and Jeff. We rented a car and drove from Sydney to the Blue Mountains then down to Melbourne on the coastal road then down the Great Ocean Road then up the Grampian National Park. The whole time we camped out at the coolest and most oddest of places at times. I celebrated my 30th BD with them on the road as well! We were on the beach at Apollo Bay. We ate simple food camp food and had a really nice bottle of wine! It really was nice and peaceful for a BD celebration. Especially my 30th, it would have been nice to be back home in Colorado to celebrate it with the family and friends but hey this is a sacrifice that I can handle! On our road trip we saw kangaroo's, koala's, wallaby's, wombats, and many many colorful birds, oh and I cannot forget the snake that we saw that is one of the most deadly snakes in the world. The time so far has been magical, we really had a good time together, no problems or arguements, just easy travelin. But that is over now and the fellas are gone their own way to Tasmania for Jeff and back to the USA for Jesse. For me it is a big step, I am going to be doing this program for two weeks called WWOOFing (Willing Workers Of Organic Farmers), basically what I do is I joined up for 50$ and they gave me this book that has all these hosts that have farms and what not, I then contact them via email or by phone and see if it works out to come and work for them doing general maintanence, gardening, even babysitting if needed, I then work for 4-6 hrs a day then in exchange I receive food and housing!! The places I am looking at are near the ocean so that on my off time I can surf and play in the ocean but really in the end I just want to have a fun experience!! Alright I actually now need to go and try and contact these folks so time to run but I love ya'll and miss ya!! The pics that are here are from the trip so far! First is actually the last night in McMurdo I had this season! Then comes New Zealand surfing, Auckland, The Blue Mountains, Sydney(The Sydney Bridge and Opera House) , the road to Melbourne, many animals(Kangaroo's,Emu's, and a Koala and The Great Ocean Road!!!! Enjoy, and I'll talk to you later!!!! Till the next time!

So small not here, I spoke with a man about working at a farm stay at Apollo Bay where I had my BD!!! I'll be there for about 2 weeks then begins the music madness! First, off I see a band in Canberra for a night, Gomez, very big these days!! Then off to the very huge festival called the Blues and Roots Festival, I think I spoke about it earlier but nonetheless huge, Ben Harper, Bonnie Raitt, Bela Fleck and many more! So it should be a very good show!!! We shall see!! Anyhoo, the next couple of weeks should be very good, back to work as they say, but first two days of surfing all day and night!!! Yes, I'll be a pro in no time! Ciao again ya'll