a couple of great men....

last week i attended the funeral of one of the finest men i have ever met... add to this he was the father of my best mate. I was standing in the church surrounded by so many people all there for the same reason as me... we were there to say good bye what astounded me though and gave me faith in humanity was hearing the people talk about him with love in their voices. they werent there to fare well a guy they met they were there for a genuine mate.. every last person was there for that. well i hope so anyway.
I met Vin when i was maybe 9 yrs old. i was at his house all the time and never really realised the person he was. it was years later that i really caught on and got to see the man he was.
He will be remembered as highly thought of member of the Australian army. He will be remembered as the commissioner of the snowy. He will be remembered as the most influential and highly thought of man in cooma for his strength and love for the town as the Mayor. and he will be remembered as a mate to anyone who knew him.
And to follow in his foot steps is a great mate with all the potential in the world to be just as amazing a person.
being at that funeral reminded me of my own grand father. a man i looked up to my whole life and who was a very similar man to Vin. a man who took time for any person. who helped any person in need who cared for all those around them and a man i wish i could follow in the foot steps of. if i could be half the man my grandfather was then i will be happy with the life that i have had....

i dont believe in heaven but i do believe these men deserve access to such a place if it exists if it doesnt then i am glad they made the most of their lives and im proud to have known them both

finally in brizzy

sorry i have been so slack but im now here at my sisters place in bizzy.
sooooo as a fill in...

i left canberra xmas eve and drove to the central coast then went out for drinks with my cousin mitch and my mate bill. after which i slept on a couch at my uncles for a few hours then woke up to people making breakfast. Xmas day was pretty relaxed after xmas lunch we went riding for a bitr and i discovered something magical...... beer helps me ride...... i can ride spine with beer i even almost got a look back on a little hip (something i have never tried) but ofcourse then it started to piss down rain.. boxing day we went for a drive to check out some new park but due to rain we just ended up riding around a carpark at the entrance.. on an uneducated hang 5 attempt i smashed face first into the concrete and my knee blew up a bit sooooo we went drinking lol.

the following day was a train ride to sydney with my cousins mitch and reagan and our mate matt to sydney to ride for the day rode around darling harbour for a bit then explored the city as usual i fell over a few times and then we went home.

monday morning i leave the central coast and start my way up the coast to bris.... through terential rain... ooohhh fun i stopped at some crappy ass motel in nambucca heads for the night then continued on to bris in the morning. so here i am on my sisters couch who i havent seen in yrs. my gorgeous nephew is asleep in bed and my brother just left.. im more then a bit tipsy.

so the question is... in this the journey i was looking for.
well its not perfect. but its a journey all the same. im learning alot about me. there are options open to me right now and feeling im feeling and things i want. oportunities seem real and im living my life my way even if only for 2 weeks. this holiday is an experience that could well change my life.
i just wish it wasnt pissing down rain so i could get on my bike and hurt myself some more if this is my last bmx road trip i want to go out in style

getting ready for my trip....

so we are a week and a bit out from the start of the trip.... i ahve a tent and a sleeping bag and my bike in the car already lol.... no money about half of a rough idea of what one might start to make a plan off. being as i dont have a working washing machine i really need to get to a laundry soon.

so heres the idea behind my trip.... Im tired.... i miss the person i once knew with in myself.. hes been replaced by a lazy unfit guy who lets the back and neck pain get in the way of his life. a man who went from working to live to living to work. I miss getting on my bike and riding around. im now the guy who when im not working all i have the energy to do is to lay on the couch wishing i was doing something else.
now its not all laziness... im 28 and have arthritis in my spine. and its getting worse. every 3 weeks i have to have my back re alligned so that i can stand up straight. so this my friends is very possibly the last trip like this i can do.. or if the outcome is what i hope for then this trip is the start of my life. i want back some of what im missing.

so basic rules of my trip... a couple of days on the central coast with my mates and family.. then heading to brizzy (probably over 2 days) to see my little sister and my nephew and catch up with my bro for a few to many beers. then after a few days there im going to head towards adelaide... and hopefully make it there if i have enough money lol.. then home to canberra.
i have about 2 weeks to do the trip. ride a bit of bmx take some pics meet some random people and camp in some odd places.
keep an eye on this space ill post something at every stage of my trip