The last tour meal...

It's hard to believe that the tour has reached its final evening having been over 2 years in the planning. What a fantastic 3 weeks it has been with so many different activities including bowling, Great Barrier Reef, jet boating, surfing, Wet & Wild water park, Whale watching, Universal Studios and a trip to the zoo to name but a few. We even managed to win a few games of rugby along the way to justify the tour!

The final evening meal took place at The Shore restaurant which was right on the river in Brisbane. They provided us with a lovely selections of meals and the boys had a good time.

As part of the final evening some awards were handed out to reward a range of excellent performances both on and off the field.

1st XV Most Outstanding - Jon Readshaw

1st XV Most Improved - Harry Heywood

2nd XV Most Outstanding - Ben Pryor

2nd XV Most Improved - Bradley Etherington

Biggest Hit - Jack Sharp

Top Tourist - Nick McCrone

Boomerang Award for the person who lost/forgot the most things - Cameron Weekes

The Waterboy Award for the walking wounded - Dan Bolton, Jimmy Dalton & Joe Pascale

It's also worth mentioning the list and found items at this point - Cameron Weekes managed to lose most personal items he came with at some point. Jack Stewart, Freddie White, Dan Bolton, Dan De Franca & Joe Sladden have all lost their wallets but got them back. Luke Withers lost his phone and when performing the find my phone app it was spotted travelling up and down the Sydney subway but again it came back to him the following day. Mr Paine managed to lose his watch having already broken and mended the strap on his watch he then left it in Townsville on the beach. Mr Wheatley arrived in Townsville but sadly his bag didn't as that was still on the Tarmac in Sydney which was greeted with a large amount of stifled laughter. Finally Mr Harris managed to leave his trainers in Singapore but via Mr Cotton they arrived in Sydney and he then left them on the bus within 20 minutes of getting them back but once again the luck of the tour struck and like a boomerang they came back to him with several stories to tell. I think the most impressive lost & found has to go to Dan De Franca who managed to drop his underwater camera whilst snorkelling in the Great Barrier Reef only for one of the professional divers to retrieve it from the bottom of the ocean for him.

The evening ended with a presentation to Mr Hale from Jon Readshaw & Teddy Oliver who had organised a whip round from the boys to show their gratitude for the hard work which has gone into making the tour possible! He was delighted with the Australia rugby shirt and a decent bottle of wine for him to enjoy whilst we fly back as he starts his own holiday in Australia in a camper van.

Below is a video slideshow of the tour: