I've been in Australia for a long time.

Yes, I have been in Australia for quite some time. Not that I am complaining one bit, I freakin love this place. I always thought Australia was this terrifying place, where death was creeping around every corner. But it isn't. It is a magical land, and sadly enough I only have one week left. Not too much has changed since my last post really. I am still a certified man of leisure, I still play golf numerous times a week and surf my brains out when there's waves. The one thing that has changed is my golf game, I am getting better each time. I did lose a minor competition with old Wade the other day, but I was a bit fuzzy from a big night on the town the evening before. Either way I still have a blast playing. This past weekend we played about 54 holes. I have got to get a couple more rounds in before the big play-offs with Wade, even though he is horrible, I want my victory to be a landslide. Surf wise, this weekend was pretty fun. I am super excited for Indo. I have got some very hot tips on places to go from some friends here. Some real sneaky secret spots that are supposed to be amazing. The pictures A buddy of mine, Nath, was showing me were insane. I have also been booking places to stay through south east Asia as well, which is pretty exciting in itself. I can't wait to see more of the world. I know as much fun as I am having here, I will have that much fun seeing all these new places and crazy new people. Really looking forward to Japan still. I haven't been too good on keeping up with my Japanese lately though unfortunately. But I will get back on track this week.

I realized I have neglected to mention an amazing little man in my blog, Hugo. Hugo is Josh and Libby's 2 yr old Maltese/Chihuahua mix. He is one of the funniest little dogs I have ever met. He is a full cuddle bug and always finds a way to nestle up into you or climb on you and sit on your chest and block you from watching tv. Hugo has been my little buddy around the house here, checking out any strange noises and keeping me safe. I have him the nickname PW, which is short for Pigmy Wolf. Because that is kind of what he looks like, a very small special wolf, kinda like a midget. Midget Wolf isn't as catchy though. He really likes to play games with me early in the morning after Josh and Libby have gone to work. He steals my shoes and hides them in his bed. He doesn't chew them, just stock piles them in his bed. He also loves to throw this little bird at me. I don't know how such a small creature learned to throw a rope/stuft animal bird, but he has deadly accuracy. He can hit me in the head and chest from the floor when I am sitting on the couch or in bed. A funny little animal.

Well I must be off to bed now. We are going for an early surf over at Stratty Island. I have seen tons of footage of the place in surf movies but have yet to have had the pleasure of going there. So I am very excited. So, goodnight!

PS I know you all want to see pictures, and I will try to post them soon. My apologies for lagging. Adios.

Gold Coast is amazing.

Hello friends. I am still up on the Gold Coast and I love it here. I have been having an absolute blast here. So much golf, surfing, amazing dinners, and meat pies. I have officially had the best meat pie now. Josh took me to this place called Fosters Bakery. I ordered my standard Chunky Steak pie, and the first bite was mind blowing. It was full gourmet style. The steak inside was marinated in like a Port wine and the crust was so flakey and delicious. There was also some onion in it and the sauce inside was a like wine/garlic type. It was ridiculous. Typing about it makes my mouth water. I just wish it was closer to Josh's, it is over in Burleigh Heads. So if any of you go there ever, go to Foster's Bakers. Also I have been eating a lot of sushi up here. This place called Sushi Train. It's almost like a Good Choice Sushi like we have in California, but the sushi is better, and super cheap. They don't do much tuna though, which seemed strange to me. But the prawns and snapper and whatever other fish they use is delicious. They have this wasabi mayo at the tables too that is just a dream. They also do a lot of sushi with chicken and steak in them. And they are pretty solid I must say. They get my approval. I also attended this birthday party at this Greek restaurant this past weekend, and the food there was incredible. It was like a tappas style shindig, and they brought out all these amazing starters and entrees. I thought that was the most of it, but they they brought out this lamb that literally just fell off the bone, and this fish that was unreal. They had some really nice cheap wine there too that just made the evening amazing. I have had some funny dinners, but I cannot remember one point in that night where we were not dying laughing. Josh says he cant remember the last time he had tears from laughing. It was incredible. It was pretty wild, and I am sure we were all loud, but who cares. Pretty much this trip so far has gotten me so into food, wine and leisure. I love it. I do miss the Montieth's Summer Ale's from NZ though. But there is no shortage of delicious drinks here. Bunderburg Ginger Beers are almost a daily drink for me. They pair up so well with a nice meat pie. Probably not the healthiest, but its too good. As far at the rest of the week goes, I have gotten my computer back. Thank goodness for Apple Care. It needed a new logic board?! I have no idea what that even is, but it explains why turning it on and off a bunch didn't fix the problem... oh well it's fixed now. I just hope she doesn't break down anymore. Though, not going to lie, in a weird way it was kind of freeing, kind of like not having a cell phone. I felt bad that I couldn't email and update the blog and stuff to let you guys know I am still alive. Speaking of which, if any of you recall, in my last update I mentioned an amazing beach I surfed that was so beautiful and I felt completely safe there. Anyways, apparently that is one of the sharkiest places on the Gold Coast. A buddy of mine was telling me that he was surfing there a few months ago and a helicopter kept doing massive ovals in the sky above him, and after a few rotations the helicopter got really low to the water and the pilot came on the loud speaker and told them to immediately exit the water because there was a school of about 200 sharks heading directly where they are. I guess down the way there is an ocean life preserve and it is just a feeding and breeding ground for Bull Sharks, Hammer heads and Tiger Sharks. All very fun sharks. But I still have yet to see one. I did almost get hit in the face by a bat the other day though. Walking home from a pub, I rounded a corner and I guess I cut it too close to a tree where a bat had just posted up. We scared the crap out of one another, but I was the only one who screamed. He just flew away, I started running the opposite way. So yep, that's pretty much the most of what I have been up to here. A lot of surfing great waves, golfing more than I have in the past 2 years and laughing non stop. Anyway time to surf! Adios!

Up on the Gold Cast

Hello all, I am sorry for the lack of updates, but my computer has died. I just dropped it off at the Apple store two days ago though and hopefully they can fix it soon. Oh well though, its out of my hands, nothing I can really do about it. Kind of wish I had it though so I could work on my Japanese and use Skype. Hopefully I will get it back soon. Anyway, I am now up on the Gold Coast. It is so amazing up here, very similar to Hawaii climate wise. The water is much warmer than it was down on the Central Coast as well. We took this jet ski to this little beach break yesterday and it was one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. I wished I has had my camera, but it would have gotten ruined I thought. The sand was so white and the water was literally as clear as class. The beach had to have stretched for miles as well and was backed by what looked like a tropical rain forest. It was one of the first times surfing that I wasn't really threatened by sharks, because I am pretty sure if one was coming for me I would have been able see it coming from miles away. The waves were only about waist to chest high, but it might have been one of the funnest surfs I have had in a long time. The Last week in central coast we got some really fun waves. Surfed some dredging barrels and thought for sure I was going to break my boards. The last week down there overall way super cruisy. Just kinda surfed a hung around. I am becoming quite the leisure enthusiast. But not a lazy one. I have been conjuring up a few business ideas, there are definitely a few to take hold of in Australia. It was kind of weird not having the Family around for Easter. I missed them all, but I got to chat with my Grandma and Fam for a little bit on Skype the next day, which was actually their (or you guys') Easter. It seems like this was the first Easter in a long time I haven't spent in Hawaii. It's funny, I miss Hawaii a lot more than California. I find myself talking about Hawaii with people a lot more than California. Not claiming on it or being from there or anything, just loving it there and how great and pretty it is. I think that is why I am so fond of the Gold Coast. I happened to accidently miss my flight up here due to some specialness on my behalf, I was going to cancel it anyways, but it was actually the day before I called to cancel it. No real harm done, I didn't really loose any money. It would have cost me about the cost of the ticket to cancel it. As I already mentioned, we were planning on driving up here, and it was a pretty cool drive, from what I saw when I was awake. I tried to stay awake as long as I could, but cars just make me sleepy. But from what I saw, there was some really nice scenery. We had planned on surfing a couple breaks along the way, but there was absolutely no surf anywhere on the way up. But it was still very pretty. We stopped for a little bit in Byron Bay to check that out. There was a lot of hippies, still very pretty though. I am now staying with a friend of mine Josh and his girlfriend Libby. It's also cool being up here seeing a lot of friends I haven't seen in a long time. Every one I have met so far too has been super cool and friendly. All the friends of friends are super welcoming and fun. I've been getting back into gold staying with Josh as well, got super into the Masters. A few of the courses around here are super casual as well, $15 or so for 9 holes. And you can play in just shorts and t shirt. I am waiting for my invite to the next Masters now. I had a funny little competition with a friend of mine Wade Ziems, who I hadn't seen in years, and we battled it out for last place. I pulled through in the end, winning by 2 strokes. We pretty much tied 4 holes in a row. It was super funny and I had a blast though. And now I keep wanting to play more golf. I am sure we will play as much as possible, Josh is super into it. Anyway, hope you enjoy the little update. I don't know when I will get my computer back but I will hopefully be able to upload some pictures for you guys at some point. I will try to update again soon, and with more stories. Adios.