http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Arbay/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Arbay en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:57:07 +0000 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:57:07 +0000 Oh my. Has it really been 4 years since smelling the green grass of Riley Park 2010 is fast approaching and a return to Cowtown all but guranteed. Kirby Dim Sim Dillon has been outofstate in the surrounds of Kelowna and other random North American locations for the past 18 months and it is well time that someone chipped up and visited her. The past 3 and a half years have been well spent pa http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/South-Australia/Adelaide/Glenelg/blog-454605.html Lets be honest the only reason Winnepeg exists is because early travelers who were moving from Vancouver to Toronto needed somewhere to pitch tent for the night. Welcome to Adelaide.Adelaide is a city of around 1 million located a lazy 700km drive east of Melbourne. Bastard drive had the choice of the fast direct route or Australia's premier coastal drive on the great ocean road. Guess which http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/South-Australia/Adelaide/Glenelg/blog-134491.html Yup twas a goodie. Michael Franti Spearhead were very much as good as we had expected Eskimo Joe played a great set couple of smokeys stepped up including Dan Sultan Labjacd labjacked ala Ozomatli in full flightPoodle Marsh Moo and Me in the Camper of luv caught up with lots of the folks from uni and had a ball. Throw in a Messy Kirbstar Claire and Spidey and you have a good time just http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/blog-115691.html Hot Hot Hot weather for the Australian white water kayaking championships in Launceston today the Lonnie gorge is normally a pretty laid back place where families go for a picnic kids go for a swim and I run most days but today open the dam upstream and add 24000 litres of water a second to the equation and it becomes all good fun Apparently it is the only place in the world with class 45 r http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Launceston/blog-114321.html Hi Looks like the year will end the same way it began in a campertent at the Falls Festival see journal entry no.1 with Poodle Moo Messy Kirby Claire Spidey and who knows who else..... Featuring Michael Franti Wolfmother Eskimo Joe Hilltop Hoods and more should be a crackerThese are some pics from last weekend in the caravan Bridport. It was a total fire ban because of the bushfire http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/blog-111665.html Ahhh routine. Up early off to the pool for a swim before the kids get there teach em how to blow some bubbles and then home for a snooze or a run as the whim takes me. That's about it at the moment folks.Ulverstone is a small town located pretty much dead centre on the northern coastline of Tasmania only 15min drive either side of Devonport and Burnie Tassies 3rd 4th largest 'cities'. Its a http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Burnie/blog-104556.html Hiya continuing with some blog enteries for the good people abroad trying to entice them into a trip or two to AusTassie with some sights from home. Please feel free to remove yourself from the mailing list if your sick of me clogging up pefectly good email space.... otherwise cheersBeen an interesting week settling back into the swing of Tassie life very layed back... Figured a good way to r http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Burnie/blog-95485.html Gday guysTransit police. Friendly folk they are. Dion and I were were travelling home from a GF function in the city Nate Browns pub when we were nabbed for putting our feet on the seat. Are you serious Being that we were slightly lubricated we attempted to wrangle our way out of the charges but when it was evident that we were no chance the smartarse comments came out. Dions claims of n http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/South-Australia/Adelaide/Glenelg/blog-92788.html Hi GuysJust landed in sunny Melbourne a couple hours ago greeted at the gate by the grin of one D. Mitchell and was I glad to see him I had left home in Cowtown about 32 hours earlier and it was a bit of a trek....My last few days in Calgary were pretty busy taking in my first Flames game thanks to the generousity of Grant seeing off Matty back to NZ hitting the zoo for a nice afternoon 'd http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-91400.html Hi Guys Well only 7 sleeps to go till I touch down in sunny Melbourne Been pretty busy the last week playing cricket with eskimo's making curling look like brain surgery and giving Matt a decent send off...Last monday the temp was about 27 deg sunny and beautiful by Saturday morning it was 3deg with wind chill and Matt and I set off to Riley Park in search of the mercy rule. It wasn't to b http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-89778.html Hi guysI was waiting to get all of our awesome pics from this trip before i posted but G G M are slackers and haven't passed 'em on yet... keep an eye out.Not entirely sure what is wrong with people in this country but they actually get excited about the prospect of driving 700 Kms across the country to sleep in a tent beside a lake Grant Giovanna Matt Maria and I set out on a rainy c http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Osoyoos/blog-86997.html Flip a coin. If its heads I'll jump a flight to LAX and get my butt home in time for GF day...Tails says I stick around to see a little snow skiing and the Flames go at it...Not sure what to do. I have had a fantastic time and it seems a shame to 'cut and run' when there is still so much to see and do. But at the same time finding a job I would actually enjoy that I'm qualified for is proving http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-83966.html Hi there Back in Calgary after a week in Edmonton coaching team Alberta at the National U19 championships. We had a great week played some good cricket and finished 2nd in the standings overall. In between we trained ate at some good and notsogood restaurants hung out with the Canadian Coach Andy Pick and laughed at the boys during their Ice Bath cryptotherapy young guys screaming like li http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Edmonton/blog-81962.html Hi guysJust a quickie today getting ready to head off to Edmonton on Saturday for 2 days of training with the Alberta team ahead of the U18 Canada Cup which starts monday morning with a match against British Columbia pretty excited about the opportunity. Our team looks good a few potential match winners just gotta put it together on the ground. Will be there for 1 week with the boys playing 4 http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Banff/blog-79529.html Hi guysBeen a busy weekend got in late Sunday night from our 4 day trip to Edmonton to work with the new national coach Andy Pick and play the 2nd leg of the menrsquos intercity matches. It was a very successful trip in that we swept Edmonton 3nil for the series Inc a washout and took a massive amount away from Andy's work ethic vision for the future and passion for the game. Beard is go http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Edmonton/blog-77048.html Goodness me I'm tired. Fair dinkum these people just keep stepping up night after night to go out dance party and mostly get drunk. 10 days of stampede are now over and the city has swapped cowboy hats back for suits. But it was fun while it lastedHit the Roadhouse on Friday afternoon with Mukul a couple of boys visiting from the UK former Cavaliers players for a Oil Gas function. Wasn't http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-75739.html Hi guysIt's well and truely stampede time and the bad shirts hats and facial hair have come out to play Last night was my first venture into the stampede grounds to watch the chuck wagon races and the 'greatest outdoor show on earth'. It was pretty good fun albeit a touch on the cheesy side for aboot the first hour.Basically what what I can gather the chuck wagons get millions of dollars in sp http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-73883.html Hi guysJust back a couple of days ago from 5 days in Edmonton running the Alberta U18 Cricket Camp Intertcity Challenge. Had beautiful weather and and the standard of the tryouts was very good. Did heaps of basic skill work games fitness testing. In a suprise I manage to see off all of the little buggers and run a respectable 12.9 on the beep respect Calgary posted a very competitive 235 o http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Edmonton/blog-73556.html Hi guysHow doin Yes it has been a while in between blogs but with good reason the weather has been far to good to be inside Geez its warm aye high 20'slow 30's all week we are doin it tough Busy couple of weeks in cow gary big couple coming up Stampede starts July 7th and runs for 10 days straight. It is the biggest rodeo in the world apparently and the cities population will swell http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-69596.html Hi guysWhat a weekend. Got back from Red Deer friday arvo and packed up for a weekend in the Rocky Mountains My travelling companions for the weekend included Matt the messy kiwi Grant the punctualltychallenged South African and the gals Amanda Lyn from remote east coast Antiganesh akin to being from Longford...We set off in the car towards Banff aboot 1.5hrs from Calgary enjoying eq http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Lake-Louise/blog-64483.html