Freaking still in Australia

9 HOUR DELAY IN SYDNEY!!!

Coming to Sydney I had some fun though. As I was having my last cold one with the boys at the airport Chris said he heard my name over the intercom system. I thought he was messing around but eventually I went to go get on the plane and they said, Sir, you re going to have to come with me" They repeatedly asked me if I had anything flammable in my bags and I said no but they were all pissed off about something. When I looked at the X-ray of my bag I forgot to put on my belt buckle that is half of a grenade and I put it in my bag.

THEY WEREN'T PLEASED!

I thought it was kinda funny afterwards but don't worry I showed them respect. So they let me put it on and no worries, but then in Sydney they took it from me!

SORRY DADDY-O, they took your present to me. I will buy a replacement to sent the universe in order.

I'm just chilling in Sydney at the airport.....confining myself to a wheelchair to run an experiment to see if peeps treat me differently( and then I don't have to carry my stuff around)

Pirate or Ninja.........Definitely Pirate.

AUSTRALIA!!!

Hey, Ive been in Sydney and Wollongong Australia this week and headed to L.A. soon for a few days with a friend there. I will slap some pictures of Sydney up here when I have a comp that I can put my pictures on. Talk to you soon!

Sad day :(

Mt. Hutt Staff 2007
My last day at Mt. Hutt :( How sad. It's sad I have to leave a place where I get free food and a warm bed. The boys came up to the mountain for a good last day and it was one of the best days of the season. Although its spring here we have been getting a ton of snow and windy conditions. We got in some nice pow runs before it was all said and done and some nice drops.

My car buried after a night of snow.


My last day down the mountain I was kaning it. The rode is so dodgey and they usually have a couple peeps die on it every couple years. There is no guard rails except for a couple spots. I was fishtailing it around every corner I could "safely" and one time (on this trip) I lost control and spun the car around. It was head backwards towards the edge of the cliff. It wasn't a huge deal and I was laughing hysterically, but I think I blew out my tire there and continued down the mountain fish tailing around corners on 3 tires. I have to buy a new rim I think


I had to leave some of my best friends up in the mountains....

Round Trip

I made a trip all around the South Island to hit up the East North, and West coast in a couple days and come back through a certain pass. The picture above is from one of my favorite towns, Kiakoura. The road and train tracks fight (or mate) like two snakes on the coast, winding back and forth over each other through tunnels and bridges......a great drive.

Kiakoura Sand....


A Picture of the west coast near Westport


My boss took me to the top of Mt. Hutt this morning on a snowmobile at about 7:00 A.M. This is why the native people (Maori) of New Zealand call NZ "Aotearoa", which means "land of the long white cloud"


Ummm, Im tired of typing and you probably just look at the pictures anyways so have at it.

These waves were massive. When the water is flying up into the air it is close to 200 feet.

New Zealand Jungle???

I went to Milford Sound last week which was an amazing drive. I love to just get in a car and drive forever so this trip was great just me and the road for a long time. Although peeps in NZ say being in the car for 3 hours is a long time. Pshhhhh! I've slept in the drivers seat driving through Nebraska for longer then 3 hours! I probably pick that up from my grandma. RIP Grandma Byrn.

The picture up top is after we took the boat out to sea and were coming back in. This is off of the South West side of the Southern Island in New Zealand. There were some dolphins playing next to the boat and some seals sun bathing on some rocks and a couple penguins that I got to see (nobody else was looking, hahaha, suckers)

There was a big waterfall that pictures wont do justice, or video for that matter, so thats why I will give you both?!?!




A boat that I decided we were racing.....we won!


The outlet headed out to the ocean. These mountains were so massive, and just straight up.


I wandered off the beaten path when I heard some water and this place looks like a jungle with a bunch of ferns and vines and what not. The drive down to milford you drive through what seems like every climate there is from dry desert conditions to lush green jungle.


This is a waterfall that I found and decided to climb up the rock face to find the source or a pool of some nature. Without a very much needed machete and a sprained ankle I got about 15 feet up and almost fell. I decided this was close enough.


I saw a HUGE waterfall off the side of the road so I thought I would take some video of it. The sound you hear is off some rapids downstream a bit. The water was so clear and so deep here I decided a swim was in order.


After all this beauty I needed a good dose of death and destruction. The mountain was closed one day so I came in to Christchurch and caught a punk rock show. The Exploited were in town and are an old skool punk band from the UK. They sing such lovely songs as:

F*#! The System
Your an F*$%ing Bastard
F@#% the U.S.A
F*^$ing Liar
System F*#&ed Up &
Sex and Violence


They have quite the repertoire and their diction is quite diverse. It was a good show because for the most part you can't understand what they are screaming so you just get to listen to some good punk music with out all the crap. But I really just had to see the band that played some music from one of my favorite movies.

I'm off to drive across the country again. Peace!