Aussie Joy's Life

Alabaster Box’s lead singer, Naarah has just launched her new album called ‘The Story’.  The songs really are stories… reactions to the unpredictable and somewhat uncertain circumstances life throws at us. I’ve been on the journey with Naarah and known her now for over ten years and just love the way the songs on this [...]

It really has been way too long since I’ve written a proper update… so here goes.  I’ve been back in Australia now for nearly two months.  It’s been great catching up with my family and helping my little sister prepare for her wedding which is next weekend!  She turns 21 tomorrow and then gets married [...]

One of my favourite moments this past weekend was running into an old mate at Albury, NSW airport when we were catching our 6:30am flight to Adelaide. Matt was one of the pilots flying the little Dash we were on! I had tried catching up with he and his wife while I was in Sydney [...]

Another day on the road… yesterday we traveled through the back roads and over the Great Dividing Range to get from Taree to get to Tamworth. The shot seen here was taken out the window along the way. I love driving through the bush of Australia. Especially when its all green! Very uncommon. Tour has [...]

Well I’m home for a couple of days after a crazy beginning to Alabaster Box’s ‘We will not be silent’ Tour. Here are some show highlights from cities and towns we’ve been in so far… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4_IltEUKsY] Click here if the video doesn’t come up in your browser. Highlights for me personally – In Rocky I [...]

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 [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZF9s_jQ-Vg] This October I get to go back home to tour with Alabaster Box. I’m really excited about this tour because I will get to actually see more of my country then I’ve seen in my lifetime. We’re heading to the outback to Alice Springs – I so hope I can squeeze a visit into [...]

For July 4th this year Alabaster Box got asked to play at a little celebration in Medicine Lodge, Kansas. 850miles away from Nashville… yeah… I’m writing this blog from the bus and we’re STILL driving! I thought it kinda ironic that an Aussie band would be playing at such an ‘American’ celebration. The highlight for [...]

This past week I’ve been on the road with Alabaster Box at Deep Camp in Seymour, IN. It was one of the highlights ministry-wise of my whole time in America I think. We worked with the guys from KBM. The young people who came to camp came wanted to intentionally go deeper with God. Words [...]

Last night we did a show in Caldwell, OH… seriously a long way from anywhere! Our GPS, ‘Sheila’ had us going on some wild goose chase trying to find the joint. Great night! We stayed with some friends, Eddie and Kathy Crock. Eddie has this amazing truck he’s done up. I made a little video [...]