G'day Everyone!

Since the last time I wrote a blog Joel and I have travelled 19,114 miles which includes visits to LA, Australia, New Zealand and back to LA. Some trip! Let me tell you about it.

Joel and I travelled to LA to do some writing with several writers (one of which was Matt Hales from the band Aqualung) which all went very well! We were thrilled to have these opportunities. Ok, if any of you follow us on twitter, then you know all this. I'll quit boring you.

After our LA trip we flew to our homeland of Australia. Boy did it feel good to be back in our home country. The flight alone from LA to Brisbane, Australia is 7,183 miles. Thats quite a distance! The actual flight goes for 13 hours! Yeah so sitting in one spot for 13 hours gets kind of old really fast. Good thing they have these cool little screens in every seat to where you can select from a bunch of movies to keep you entertained. That makes the time go by a little faster!

Once we arrived in Brisbane we went for a little holiday (or you would call it a vacation) for a week in a little town called Mooloolaba. Yes us Australians have some really interesting names. After out stay there we went south to a beach called the Gold Coast and stayed in the worlds tallest residential building! It's called Q1 and we stayed on the 42nd floor and the jolly helicopters were flying beneath us! Yeah, google it. It's pretty awesome!

The purpose of the trip was actually because we had some shows in a town called Toowoomba (another funny name) where we stayed for 2 days and did 4 shows. Lets just say, it was a rather hectic few days. You should check out some of the photos that we just uploaded. Check the pics out on our myspace or facebook page. The shows went SOOOO well and we were thrilled.

To finish off the international leg of our trip, we went to Auckland, New Zealand and performed the same night that we arrived. I think that once we arrived at the venue we only had like an hour or so to get everything ready and then perform. Traveling a bunch always makes life interesting!!! The next day the promoters took us to an old volcanic hill thing. I'm not too sure what they are officially called so I'm just going to call it a thing. New Zealand is one gorgeous place (not as nice as Australia though. I just have to say that!!!!) and I really recommend visiting if you get the chance.

After our brief stay in Auckland we jump on another 747-400 for the trip back to LA. Thats another 6,499 miles in the air but this time something miraculous happened. We were about to board the plane but before we do they call us to the desk and and give us new tickets. We're all like, "Hmmm this better be good!!" Sure enough, they had upgraded us to business class!! I cant really express the beautiful feeling that followed after the realization that we would be traveling the next 6,499 in luxury. I guess they upgraded us because we fly so much! (you gotta love that) Joel and I stayed in LA for another 5 days to do some more writing and once again, we feel like we came up with some killer stuff!

We arrived home late Saturday (with a day full of flight drama) and I will admit, there is nothing like sleeping in your own bed. All in all our nearly month long journey had us travel 19,114 miles and we enjoyed every moment of it!

Until next time,

Luke

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