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Hi Everyone, So another winter has come and gone in a blink of an eye! Whistler delievered on snow once again and all those pow day were just amazing. Not to mention all the kids I taught that I learnt something from all of them and charmed me when they were not naughty. At the end of each winter the Ski School hands out Instructor of the year awards. I was lucky enough to get the Kids Adventure Camp Instructor of the year award which I was very shocked about but very humble as well. As for my exams: well I didn't pass them unfortunitly. I had an off day mentally! So next winter I will give it another go. I finished Ski School on April 20th and have only skied once since then, seeing my ... read more

Hi Everyone, Lets go back to the end of summer........ mid Oct I ended up finishing my residency paperwork just intime before leaving to come back to Australia for 3 weeks in late October. It was a very large project in getting all the paperwork together that was asked for and going threw it all in detail so it all matched up. It is one of the hardest things mentally I've ever undertaken (other them my surgeries). late Oct I hopped on a Air Canada Flight to make a quick 3 week trip home to Australia in-between seasons. I arrived home on the Wednesday and was in no mood to be sociable after a 16 hr flight. I went to Cricket training on the thursday with ever intention of playing in a low grade. After much ... read more

The summer months are here. With our friend La Nina being the current weather pattern, we have been having a wet and colder then normal summer. Kind of like a typical Sydney winter really. I'm currently working part-time at the golf course and baking bread fulltime at Purebread which is a local bakery just south of Whistler. Basically I had to step down from doing fulltime hours at the Golf course seeing I was getting called off alot in the early part of the summer. I'm doing around the 60 hr per week mark. Great for saving money but i'm also happy it's only for another 2 months. The people at the bakery are really nice and I could see myself in the future working there for summers. Unfortunitly the head baker has gone on holidays ... read more

I hope everyone is doing really well!? So I'm back in Whistler after the most amazing 26 days in the USA. We managed on many occassions to go off the touristy path and see, do, eat and live like an American. We were rewarded with meeting some amazing people and getting in amongest the culture and not just seeing it from a Bus window. Some of what we sore was very shocking and some was just inspirational but we got to see the real USA. We went to: New Orleans, Memphis, Myrtle beach, Charleston, Wilmington, Washington DC, Atlantic City, New York. We went threw: Lousiana, Mississippi, Tennassee, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. We sore and done some amazing things and here are just a few: - A night out ... read more

Hi Everyone, I hope everyone is going well! With snow during the nights and clear and sunny days over the past week we have had the most amazing snow conditions. The temps have been cold and the snow has just kept coming with it maxing out at just over 2metres in 7 days on Fri. Seeing Whistler is on the Pacific North West coast we get alot of wet snow but on Thursday night we got "Champagne powder" for friday. Champagne powder is snow that had fallen that is under -6 degress, seeing with being so cold has very little water content and it's impossible to make a snowball with being so dry. It was so light and cold and fluffy, it was just a privilege to be able to ski with my class. It all ... read more