Aussie Joy's Life

Yesterday, April 25, was ANZAC day.  We had had a great show in Macon, Georgia the night before at Christ Chapel and I was driving the Alabaster Box tour van home.  Everyone was in the back watching movies or sleeping when I remembered that there was an “Australian Bakery” in Atlanta somewhere.   After some quick consultation [...]

January 26 marks a special day on an Australia’s calendar – Australia Day! Officially its a day to remember the anniversary of the arrival of the First Fleet of 11 convict ships that came in from Britain in 1788. However in reality, its a public holiday where Aussie’s have a barbie, go for a swim, [...]

Recently I had the privilege of having two American friends come to my part of the world – Southeast Queensland in Australia. I had four days to show off my country so put together basically a four day which I think… left the girls impressed! So here’s 13 things to do in South East Queensland! [...]

Last week, my friend Holly and her friend Jessica came from the US to visit me in Australia. They landed here on New Years Eve ready to party! It was great seeing and hearing them get excited about this country and hearing them comment on things they noticed were different. The following Video is a [...]

It’s time to say ‘Happy Christmas’… and reflect on the birth of Christ! Praise God for allowing his son to come to earth as an innocent, helpless Child to live a human life! I was sent this encouraging quote this past week that I thought I’d share with you all. “Sometimes our light goes out [...]

Last week I got to fulfill a lifelong dream and visit the centre of Australia! Alabaster Box had a gig in Alice Springs. We flew in at around 4:30pm on the Monday afternoon. A couple of us took up some locals offer to drive out to visit Uluru that evening. The 4WD of choice ended [...]

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 [...]

On Monday, we had a day off and had the privilege of going to see one of the seven wonders of the world. Green Island on the Great Barrier Reef. We left on a boat from Cairns and made our way out to the island. Our friends from SU hooked us up with Karl from [...]

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 [...]