An update, because it is what the crowd wants....

I guess I owe it to the blog readers to let you all in on my life at the moment. I arrived home to Newcastle last Friday direct from Christchurch- if anybody still believes i am the "golden" child of the family would be wrong these days- it was evident when there was no one waiting at the airport for me after an international flight- no, sadly i was left to make my way through crowds of people all ready and waiting to collect their loved ones from the airport to catch two trains home, this was made more difficult by the fact that I was carrying Snow boarding gear, work gear (including a tool box) and a bass guitar that doesn't even belong to me.
I leave here tomorrow to make way to Brisbane for some work, this is only for a short while (4 weeks) where by that time I will be well and truly ready for a much needed holiday, several month holiday to be exact, the first part of which will be touring the Melbourne Roff and Forrest clans, a trek along the Great Ocean Road will be part of this trip. (Thank you Grant and Julia for lending us the beloved Kombi- i will take good care of her) If anyone has any sight seeing must-dos in Melbourne we would happy to take it on board.
After this we will be heading north for the always great Roff Christmas in Lismore, where Vicky and I will be leaving early to make sure we are in Tokyo for New Years Eve, it was a tough choice deciding wether the Grand Hotel in Lismore or Tokyo would be more intense at midnight, I guess only time will tell.
From Tokyo I will be relaxing at the ski slopes in Hakuba as there will be no relaxing once we get stuck into the serious backpacking around Japan, After which we fly to Vickys home tome of Taichung in Taiwan, this is where we will set up camp for a few months to explore the rest of Asia, one trip will be to catch up with Jesse Forrest And Jo when they are in China and a wedding in South Korea next year.