Journey to Aussie

A bit late for last weeks post, but I definitely think its worth the wait.  Here's the phrase that I've basically adopted into my lifestyle for the next four months that I am here: Every new adventure will get me closer to never coming home. Here's the excuse for this week: The Great Barrier Reef Growing up, I've always enjoyed going on snorkeling trips with my family.  I've been lucky enough to snorkel at many cool places around the world, but nothing compared to this past weekend. As if it couldn't get better from a surprise visit from my sister, we decided to journey up to Cairns and hit one of the seven wonders of the world, The Great Barrier Reef.  Unlike most reefs, this reef is actually the largest living structure in the world.  Not only is it home to the largest coral reef, but its deep blue waters home over a 1500 different types of fish, thirty species of whales, dolphins, and sharks, and six different types of turtles.  We ended u...

This past weekend we played Surfers Paradise and ended up drawing 1-1...which I would say is a pretty fair result considering luck was not with us again as the ref called a pretty questionable penalty kick against us early on in the game. As time was winding down, the need to score became desperate as we started to push more and more players up the field. With about a minute left in the game, we earned a free kick outside the box. Considering that it was probably the last play of the game, we brought all eleven players including the keeper into the box to try and get a last minute goal to save us from what would have felt like an undeserved loss.  As the ball was kicked and started to soar towards the middle of the box, it became a scramble to see which team would make contact with it first. Out of no where, I found myself being thrown into the flight pattern of the ball just in time to make contact with it and send it bouncing towards the rest of the mass of the players. After...

This past Friday night was a pretty tough game..the top two teams battling for the number 1 and 2 spot in the league.   Burleigh Heads vs Nerang FC.   Even though it’s only the third game of the season, this game is always a fun one for all the locals.   Unfortunately, we fell 2-0 to Burleigh after a quick two goals against us in the first 15 minutes of the game.   To make matters worse, one of our guys got sent off on a red card so we had to play one man down for more than half of the game…Getting out of bed was a bit rough the next morning as each movement meant the possibility of a leg cramp, which let me tell you, is the absolute worst pain in the world.   However, I was really proud of the guys and the hard work everyone put in to keep a clean sheet with only 10 men for the rest of the game.   Looking forward to leg 2 and some revenge against them in about 8 weeks. Enjoying the journey as I was lucky enough to be able to keep my jersey nu...