Happy Birthday...

...you auld bugger! Today is Nick O'Neill's birthday. Hopefully he'll be pouring back a few (or several) cold Bintangs over there in

BootsnAll Founder turns 30

BRISBANE, Australia: BootsnAll Founder, Chris J. Heidrich turns 30 today. I wish you a happy, healthy, and prosperous 30 more years Chris. joe e shared some words of wisdon with me when I turned 30, that I will in turn, share w ...

Clash of Cultures

What do you get when you have an Aussie wearing a kilt, topped with a sombrero, attending an Italian-Irish/Lithuanian wedding with an open bar in Chicago? This is what you get...

My Thai Restaurant and Original BootBoy

After the excitement of water-skiing, it was back to the house to clean up and get ready for a quiet night out of dinner, a few drinks and some pool at an Irish pub ...

Water-skiing on the Brisbane River

Seeing as though it was Sean's last day in Oz, we weren't about to sit on our bums and just watch the cricket. Shaking off the couple of beers at the R.E. and Regatta pubs the night before, we kicked our arses at a RPM class at th ...

Final SEKeener Post from Oz

In the next 5 days, I will spend about 40 hours on airplanes as I make my way back to Portland, Oregon from Brisbane Australia. Not looking forward to all this flying, and a bit sad that the trip is over, but also ready to tackle ...

24

This summer's hottest new show follows Sean Keener in his last 24 hours in Australia. Can our hero complete his mission before time runs out? Will he suffer withdrawals of a winter without cricket? Will he survive the fearsome < ...

Recap of Birthday and other stuff

Chris and I have been busy at work these past few weeks believe it or not. That is why our blogging has been a bit light. Many folks have said it before, but I'll say it again. The busier I am, the less I blog. And Vice Versa. ...

BootsnAll Meeting in Brisbane

It was long overdue, but we finally had a BootsnAll Brisbane meeting that was planned more than a day in advance. As a result, we got a good turn out and it was a great night. Even the heavy rain of the last few days did not dete ...

BootsnAll Brisbane gathering

We're a bit better organized this time. We are planning a litte BootsnAll get-together this Thursday, January 15th in the city. No need to RSVP, just show up if you can make it. We're going to kick things off at the Palace Backpa ...

Cricket at the Fitness First in Indooropilly

Humans are creatures of habit. I am a human, therefore I am a creature of habit. Chris and I quickly develop our routines in my time here. Everyday, at 1 pm we head on down to Fitness F ...

Behind the Scenes of BootsnAll Australia

It's Sunday morning in Brisbane, Australia. Chris and I just returned from a game of tennis with the newly returned Ging (she spent 2 weeks in Viet Nam and Cambodia). I am super tired since we met at the Brisbane State High Scho ...

Sunday night at the Coogee Bay Hotel, Sydney

After a night of barely any sleep, and a full day at the cricket (and the prospect of a long day of driving the next day), what better way to end the evening than with a few beers? Even though Sophie and her friends were pretty kn ...

Steve Waugh's Last Stand: Sydney

Having never been to the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), I didn't really know what to expect. It's located walking distance from the center of Sydney and right next to the Sydney F ...

Road Trip from Brisbane to Sydney

It's always tough to blog about stuff that happened a few days ago, especially if there is more stuff to blog about right afterwards. So here is a roughly chronological account of the road trip to Sydney... All packed up and on t ...

Recap via Pictures of Christmas

I had some old pictures on my camera that we never shared from Christmas and Boxing Day or thereabouts. Nick and I went to Queen Street Mall on Chr ...

Back after Steve Waugh Final Test

Chris and I got back from Sydney early today. Lots of pictures and hopefully stories will follow this week. Sophie, if you read this, can you e-mail me the pictures from the Cricket and Coogie Beach Hotel. Peace to you all.

Pre-Road Trip tp Sydney and Nick Departure

We are all getting ready for some new adventures in the new year. Nick is off for Bali tommorrow and we will drop him off at the Coast today to visit some relatives before he flys back to Bali. Chris and I are off to Sydney for ...

The Royal Exchange (RE) pub Brisbane

This after I took a stroll up the hill from Taringa towards Toowong. The sun was blazing and I was just going out to stretch my legs. Getting to Toowong I passed a pub and gazing at the window I noticed it said 'RE'. Oh my God, i ...

New Years Day in Brisbane

Yes its 2004 and we're all conscious. Our night started in Bob and Magaret's basement. with pint glasses of white russians. A full bottle of J ...

New Year's Eve in Brisbane

Nick, Chris and I are getting ready to go out for Amateur's nite, I mean New Year's Eve in the city. We are meeting up with some friends before migrating party to party. Happy New Year from the BootBoyz! 2004.....

Aussie Christmas Aftermath

A Monday morning in Oz and Chris and I are finally back at it. Looking back at these past 5 days, I have a few memories. 1) Drinking from dawn to dusk: Champers, wine, beer, mixed with shrimp, soup and a general grazing for 12 ...

Pictorial Recap of Trip to Bali

See the recap here. (Link goes to BaliBlog)

Sydney Cricket Test vs. India: Howzat!

After missing the results of the first two test cricket matches between Australia and India (a draw and an Indian win), Sean and I have really been getting into the third test currently being played in Melbourne. The Boxing Day te ...

Ging, Hydro and Nick Picture

A leftover picture from the night that Ging hurt her knee and the BootBoyz went out with her.

Random Thoughts on BootsnAll in Australia

As usual, Nick does a great job of the what happened in what order, so I'll try to avoid repeating. We are currently working in our makeshift ...

Re-discovering Brisbane

We're into our third day here in Brisbane and I'm feeling pretty good after a 48 hour period of no energy. Last night we got to meet up with Ging, a first for me. Arriving at the Normanby pub we ran into Jeanette Bergmann (also ...

In Chris's basement in Brisbane Australia

As most residents of QLD already know its stinkin' bloody hot. Sean, Chris and I arrived from Bali yesterday and were brought to Chris's parent's house in Taringa, a western suburb of Brisbane. Chris is expecting something like ...