its finally here... SYDNEY - MELBOURNE - ATHERTON

I hate that I've barely had a second to blog in the last two weeks since I've been back in Australia. Getting online is a luxury! I landed in Brissy Thursday week ago... the first week was just a blur trying to finish off the itinerary for this 22 town and city tour! Seriously check it out at www.alabasterbox.com. Its by far the biggest tour I have attempted to organise!

Last Wednesday we jumped on a plane to Sydney... eventually! After a 3 hour delay, huge luggage dramas we finally were on our way and ended up at the principals office - I mean residence at 'The Kings School' - Australia's oldest and one of the most prestigious colleges in Australia. Alabaster Box had the great honour of playing the boys chapel.

This is a pic of the boys on parade lining up to come to chapel.



We then played a show at Sydney at Norshore Christian Church.

Saturday morning nice and early we headed to the capital of Victoria - Melbourne. My first visit to this city... and only there for 24 hours! Our show was right in the city so I got a quick glimpse of this cities art and food culture. I want more! Another great show run by Melbournes Light FM. I also stayed up way to late catching up with a long lost cousin!

An awesome little side story to the show in Melbourne. One of the guys in the band whilst walking from the hotel back to the show was asked for money by a homeless couple. Somehow he ended up offering to buy them Subway (seriously I have no idea how this all happened in the short time frame he had... it was an absolutely manic evening preparing for the show!) and invited them to the show. He found out that the guys brother had been tragically killed in a train accident the week before (wont go into the graphic details) which resulted in him becoming homeless. The couple ended up coming to the show and stayed through the whole evening. The guy was powerfully moved to tears by the words spoken and sung and hung around at the end to get help. God even put a pastor at the concert who knew someone that specifically helps people in these types of situations that they could be put in touch with. Makes you think hey? How many times do you brush of someone who's asking for help? Maybe God brought us to Melbourne just for these dudes!

Sunday morning we boarded yet another flight to Cairns - far north Queensland... and then drove to Atherton tablelands for a show! Yep - thats pretty much from the bottom of Australia to the top... almost. In Atherton the vibe was amazing! So many people showed up in this country town for the church service. I love working with country towns. I love the response to shows. I love how churches work together to put on events. I look forward to this weeks shows in Townsville, Bowen, Rocky, Bundy and Hervey Bay. I'll be back with more from Alabaster Box's We will not be silent tour. To follow check out my twitter.