Trip to Queensland and the All Star Game

I know its been a while since my last post, but quite a lot has happens since you last heard from me. I learned to surf (well, kinda), traveled around the country, and played in the Big V All Star game. Yes, its been a good few weeks.
    We recently had a bye week and got the week of training to rest our bodies. A few teammates and I took advantage of this time off and took a trip to Queensland and New South Wales (these are other states in Australia for those who don’t know) to relax a bit and get some good weather. For the first few days we were in Byron Bay which is a small, hippy town about an hour south of Gold Coast. Its right on the beach and the weather is still warm and sunny (even in the winter). We spent most of the time at the beach and I got a surfing lesson. Lets just say, its not as easy as it looks.

After falling at least 20-30 times, I finally got up (only for about 2 seconds though). My body took a beating out there! After a few fun nights we headed north to Gold Coast and spent a night there. We got free accommodation there in this ridiculously nice hotel right near the beach and all of the night clubs which was awesome. We all had a good night fist pumping and getting down in the club out there  All in all we had a great vacation. It was awesome for me to see other parts of Australia other than Victoria. Australia is really a great place (thats a hint for you peeps at home to come visit me).
    I was also fortunate enough to be named to the Big V Division 1 All Star team. This past Saturday two of my teammates and I drove to Melbourne to take part in the All Star festivities. Playing in the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Center, we had a great crowd and it was a successful event. Unfortunately, we lost the game by 9 ( I led the Division 1 squad with 12 pts.... I was gunning). It was a great honor to play in the game, but now I’m ready to get back to the regular season.
    We have won 3 in a row now and at 6-6, are two games out of the playoffs. With 8 games left in the season, we know that are margin of error is small and we need to win probably 6 or 7 games to make the playoffs. But we are confident that it can happen!!! Anyway, thats all for now. Miss everyone back home and hope everyone is doing well...!!!