HAPPY BIRTHDAY GINA!!! It feels like we've been celebrating G's Birthday for a week which is because we have; I guess she's just that special. The actual day arrived at midnight on Thursday night which is the night we got back from Perth. That evening we caught up with the CBSi Sydney crew for an innocent enough Happy Hour which turned into meeting the Bondi crew at their weekly Texas Hold'em game which turned into staying up to celebrate the moment the clock s...

The "good-times train" pulled into Perth after a few hours drive North from Margaret River and parked at base camp for the Perth segment of the trip; Morgan and Steph's Scarborough Beach Bungalow. The famous Perth sunshine and warm weather were in full effect and we spent the late afternoon and evening on the beach watching a legitimate West Coast Australia sunset over the Indian Ocean; check that box!! That night was a lovely one and we decided to fire up a pe...

If I were to tell myself a year ago that when we returned to Australia this time around we'd be able to rally a crew of 19 people all the way across the country to Margaret River, Western Australia for a wine tasting extravaganza to celebrate Gina's 30th birthday; I would have believed it entirely. That's not to sound cocky at all; in fact it's way more of a reflection on the friends we have then anything to do with us... That's just, for lack of a better term, ...

After saying goodbye to Becky and Caity we hit the road for our road trip back down to Perth; this time via the more liesurly and scenic coastal route. We ended up about 4 hours down the road in the small coastal town of Kalbarri where, after pricing a few hotels, we found accommodation in the local YHA Hostel. We got 2 beds in a 16 bed dorm; hellish sounding I know...but lucky for us we had the room to ourselves. Strange, but awesome. There isn't much to do in...

Coming off a massive wedding weekend; the trip to Monkey Mia, WA which would be long under normal circumstances became almost superhuman. To compound the 7:10am flight was the fact that the clocks changed over night meaning Adrian and I were up frequently through the night to check our watches to make sure we weren't over sleeping. We made it on time to catch the 5 hour flight, but the flight was bumpy and altogether a rough trip. However, arriving in Perth at 1...