On my last official day off since Christmas I got a chance to visit Melbourne Zoo for probably the first time in 15 years with Liza Villalobos and Sam Hall. Liza was my Tour Leader for the Panama Experience tour back in late January 2013 and has now married Sam and moved to Australia. This…

The past few months have really forced me to consider questions about life and death and how we deal with both.   If we are alive then we’ll have to deal with death at some point, probably (hopefully)  that of people around us and later ourselves. This started when I received a call just before midnight…

On 16 October 2011 I finally completed my first Around the Bay in a day bike ride.  That sounds great doesn’t it?  Okay I’ll admit I did the 100km version from Melbourne to Frankston back to Melbourne but it’s still an achievement. How did this come about?  My good friend Jon is to blame for…

Had a great Melbourne Cup holiday, no good with any bets but fun nonetheless with a lot of my family coming up for lunch.   Jason, Erin, Andrew, Mum (Helen), Reagan and Adeline made an appearance.   While it wasn’t a very hot day we enjoyed having a hit on the tennis court and then…