This is probably the first time in my life that I’m booking everything and paying for it in advance as usually I just wait until the last second and book everything on the fly . This time I’m not going on the cheap either as it’s a big trip , going to Australia and New Zealand is no small matter as it’s a long flight and for a long flight you gotta make it a long trip . If you didn’t know this already .... I’m going for almost 7 weeks :) it wasn’t easy telling my employer this but thankfully I work for the best boss in the “biz” . Thank you Matt for being so understanding . Really hoping I don’t lose my spot on that Main Dish truck that I totally love driving around . I need that job to pay for my next adventure also lol !
As I said planning is in full force and the main part of planning is booking ice time .... so far I have not booked anything in Sydney where I go first but I do have my New Years plans sorted in Royal Botanical Garden ) https://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/whatson/the-point and my Bridgeclimb https://www.bridgeclimb.com/ booked along with my hostel at the YHA central YHA Sydney Central which was definitely not cheap due to the rates marked up for New Year’s Eve . Hoping Justin Harrison my fellow goaltender can hook up some ice times sooner then later . My next flight is to Auckland in New Zealand where I have yet to book anything ..... hoping to find some help as my contact there is moving away and one of my childhood friends I was planning to visit is also moving away which puts a twist on those plans . I do have contact with a friend of a friend and hopefully she can help but if she can't then if anyone knows anyone there or in Dunedin please help me find some ice time , pretty please :) !!!! I have those flights all booked and plan to be in Auckland from Jan 7-14 and Dunedin from Jan 14-21 . I am really hoping that Alicia Thomasen can help me out though …. my buddy Timo speaks very highly of her and I am hoping to get the chance to meet her when I'm there .
After my stay in New Zealand I fly back to Australia all the way over in Perth where I have a lot of old friends to meet up with . It’s pretty crazy how many people I am finding out are there now . I have been hooked up with some ice times there and my hotel is booked up even with one night that we are spending in a prison cell .... Fremantle Prison Fremantle Prison YHAwill be my home for a night . Hope Kathleen likes it hehehehe ! I’m really excited about this part of the trip .... so many people to have pints with and get on the ice with . James Brown ( not THE James Brown ) will probably be my main man out there and yes I’m getting him on the ice ! I’m planning to see my old high school teammate Will Carey-Hill who’s good friend Lara Irons is hooking me up with ice time . I definitely have to go for an ice cream at Mati Kuld’s ice cream parlour Kuld Creamery and hoping to see former Ghetto Blaster Brandon Bailey on the ice and in the pub after also . Phew .... so many people and I’m sure I’m gonna make a few new hockey buddies there too .
Flight to Melbourne after is booked and we are currently looking at hotels . The Melbourne Nite Owls (Melbourne Nite Owls Hockey Club) are gonna get me on the ice for a practise or two and I haven’t done much research there yet but I’m sure there will be plenty to do .... Kathleen has already been researching a few gin bars she wants to visit and I really have to make time for things she wants to do also or I might come home a single man 😳. Don’t worry I keep my promises *most of the time *
I have not booked my flight to Adelaide yet for the tournament I’m playing in there but I’m currently planning with Kevin Mingoia from Okinawa Sniperz team I’ve joined . He might be in Melbourne also and when we can sort everything out I’m hoping to be on the same flight and we have a room booked in Adelaide together . He likes IPA’s .... you gotta know we are gonna cause some trouble lol 😝 apparently the plan is to have a keg in our room …. sounds like a recipe for disaster ? or the beginning of a joke …. a goalie had a hotel room with a keg in it ….. regardless , count me in .
Lots to plan still and time doesn’t seem to slow down but I’m really hoping that I will have my ice times all sorted in the next month or so this way I can book some things Kathleen will be interested in doing and some other crazy (expensive) things ! So this being all said .... if you are reading this in Auckland or Dunedin , please hook me up with some ice times ! 86 more days to go ….
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