Currently Browsing: December 2017

Rocky Mountain Heli Tour

For Damon’s big 40th we had the experience of a life time. A helicopter tour over the snow covered Rocky Mountains with Alpine Helicopters. This was by far the most amazing experience of our lives. Alpine Helicopters is based in Canmore which is about 25 minutes from Banff heading back towards Calgary. They have a range […]

Banff Christmas 2017

Christmas in Banff is just beautiful. Lights in almost every tree, snow on the ground and a festive atmosphere in side the hotel. Canada doesn’t really seem to put much emphasis on Christmas lunch like we do back in Australia, so our Christmas Day was really just relaxing around the hotel in preparation for Christmas […]

Banff – Alberta Canada Day One

This is going to be one of many posts from Banff.  Lets start by saying Wow Wow Wow!  For two Aussie boys who haven’t really ever seen snow this place is unbelievable.  All those movies and TV shows like Northern Exposure (and yes I know that was set in Alaska) but we are really here […]

Virgin Australia Business Class BNE to LAX

Setting off on our Christmas vacation we flew Virgin Australia business class from Brisbane to Los Angeles. Virgin is our airline of choice for domestic travel within Australia and this was our first time travelling with Virgin internationally in Business.  Checkin in Brisbane was nice and easy, however new regulations for travel to the US […]