Horrendous delay on any post that is largely inexcusable except to say that I have been enjoying my time too much to get to a computer.

Long story short:

Work at the winery finished and I had enough of 84 hour weeks and immediately headed to the tropics and spent some time in the Daintree rainforest, Cape Tribulation, Port Douglas and Cairns. It was much needed, and I even got to knock diving the Great Barrier Reef off of my bucket list. It was spectacular. I then headed back to Adelaide and hopped in my $350 car in an attempt to drive the entire coast to Sydney camping all but 3 nights in 3 weeks. The drive is aptly named the Great Ocean Rd. and it was beyond words. I met amazing people, had some nice fires, interacted with heaps of roos and koalas, saw incredible giant waves and beautiful rock cliffs. I also met some amazing people and it truly was the trip of a lifetime within what seems to be the trip of a lifetime. Sometimes I wake up and can not believe how much I LOVE my life.

Finally I departed Sydney and said a sad goodbye to some wonderful friends and drove towards the mountains. My brakes failed and I had to get them repaired the next morning after sleeping in my car and that created an interesting financial situation for a few days which included me making the 18k drive up the many switchbacks to my future home of Mt. Buller with the gas light on for the entirety of the ascent. Training was great, and it was so cool to wake up to snow in June. The job will start when we get more snow so for now I am living in Melbourne and enjoying a temporary urban environment. I miss good American coffee, beer, and most of all friends. I wish everyone could share this great time with me.

Time to go see if I can go find some cheap skis as I am required to ski to work every morning this winter. It sounds terrible.