Indelible Adventures

I guess I’ve always been a solitary soul in way or another.   When I joke or tell people this they laugh and say “no way!”   Over the years I’ve done a good job at masking the real me I suppose, now I don’t mean in a weird, crazy way but I definitely do have a part of me that’s rather introverted and lacking in confidence.   I know hard to believe!   Prior to backpacking around the world I felt like I had to be surrounded by people and activities all the time, non-stop, just to feel comfortable, clearly all of my insecurities coming to the forefront.   However, I learned quickly when traveling that I didn’t need to have people around me to feel okay with me being me.  I became very comfortable and happy with my own company and solitude and as such over the years have drawn on this feeling of independence many times to get past the hurdles we all face.   Zach & Sami - San Francisco September Long Weekend - 2012    So it was str...

It was 1979 and Craig an I were sharing a house in our third year of University, Craig’s brother Alan whom we shared a house with the previous year had decided that Engineering wasn’t working for him and so did not return to school to finish his degree. I remember that Alan was on one of his flying visits for the weekend and crashing with us, he mentioned to Craig and I that we should go see this great band that was going to be in Melbourne the following week, he assured us even though it was mid-week it would be worth the trip...    Al always had a story, which was accompanied by loads of hype and enthusiasm, and I must admit it was a bit infectious! Without another word, Alan shows up our place on the designated day of the concert ready to pick us up for the trip to Melbourne.   In those days the drive to Melbourne was about an hour and a half to two-hours depending on the partly completed freeway, but given that it was a Tuesday night we thought that the traff...