 All right, you guys what is going on welcome back to another video you can't actually see me right now. It's dark It's six in the morning And I'm about to drive to the biggest rock in the world is rock, but it's not to go as a tourist It's not to go look at the rock. It's actually catch a flight So I'll talk to you guys a little bit down the road. I've got I've got 500 kilometers to travel That's about 300 miles And I'm gonna jump on a plane to go and attend my first ever football training We're doing it today today is Wednesday the August the 15th guys It's taken over three months Since the start of this YouTube got started this journey into American football for me to actually pull the pin Pull the trigger should I say? Book a ticket and go and attend one and see what it's all about because I can't keep sitting up here Waiting wondering watching and not doing it myself. I just can't do it So basically guys, I've taken a hit to the to the hip pocket I've paid I'm gonna pay petrol going there to airs rock to catch a flight I'm gonna catch a flight down to Melbourne stay there for four nights come back to Alice and continue with my life Now this weekend is very important. Not only do I have a training tonight, but hopefully Fingers crossed if you can see that I'll actually be playing a game this weekend, which is fucking phenomenal, mate I can't wait. I cannot wait. You know what guys? I Decided earlier. I decided well this morning actually I'm gonna go down to practice tonight And I'm gonna put my hand up to play, but I'm not gonna put my hand up for any position I'm gonna let the coach do that you guys have told me that I'm gonna do that I'm not gonna go in there with any expectations. I'm not gonna, you know I'm gonna expect the worst hope for the best and see what happens So that's what we're doing guys. The reason I'm flying out of airs rock of all places is because If I was gonna fly out of Alice, I only booked these flights like a week ago If you're flying out of Alice Springs and you want to book a flight a week in advance You're gonna be paying like $500 a ticket that was gonna be a thousand bucks What I've been able to do is find the tickets for 450 return 400 for the accommodation 200 for the car. That's a thousand and fifty dollars So by my books, that's a cost I'm willing to take And I'll see you guys at airs rock in about four hours Peace We've got light We've got a lot of light actually. I'll show you probably about a hundred kilometers down the road Or 70 miles and it is an absolute stunner of a morning And we're in the absolute middle of nowhere That's what it's like around here So I thought guys I thought I'd just jump out of my car now before I you know really Head down the road and say fuck it. I'm not stopping anymore. So um, this is where we're at On the south stewart highway heading from Alice Springs to Adelaide And in about a hundred more kilometers. I'm going to take a right turn to airs rock And it sounds as if someone's coming so I'm about I've finished my coffee. I'm about to crack open a drink of orange juice Which would be my breakfast of champions this morning. I've got some bananas. I've got some bagels I want to start eating up. I want to have some energy when I get to that training Which is literally in about 10 hours. So I'm going to be at my first football training in 10 hours guys It's fucking happening man. I can't believe I'm actually Traveling so far to make this happen, but that's the shit that I'm prepared to do man. This is not This is not fucking playing games anymore, man. I've got to get to training I've got to actually experience this sport so then I can't get called out for anymore and also, you know, this is for me. This is for me And the one car that I'm going to see today just went past No, that's not true actually. There's a lot of cars that go from Alice Springs to airs rock so It's definitely time this this journey This journey is about to go full circle guys and then on from there. So what I'm led to believe is that What should I talk about it later? No, I won't talk look basically guys. This is fucking exciting The running back that plays for Australia plays for this team that I'm going to be going and seeing tonight There's 70 teams in Australia. This is one of them And it's probably the most prestigious from what I'm led to believe so There's nothing left to do but to do it guys. I'll see you in a couple of hours We have got a helicopter in the building There she is coming into land at airs rock airport And that's exactly where we are Now first thing to note On the way here. I received a text message from quantus Saying that my flight is delayed two hours and 20 minutes Which means that I'm flying out of here at 2 30 And it's 11 o'clock. So I've got three and a half hours to kill now. That's not the problem The issue we've got here guys is that I arrive into Melbourne not at four anymore, but at about six Or actually 540 they've told me so I arrive into Melbourne at 540 I've got at least an hour's worth of Uh travel In my higher car that I need to go pick up first. I need to get changed. I need to get through fucking luggage Get in the car and go straight to this football training which starts at 6 30 I thought I'd be able to go to my air bnb check in Put my stuff down get changed. You know have something to eat and go Doesn't look like that's going to be the case. So Yeah, we're going to be pushed for time. And if there's any more delays I'm not going to be able to make that training And that means that this 500 kilometer drive This 1,000 mile plane journey No, probably about 1500 miles actually And another hour drive to the training is not going to be worth it And all of this shit that I've organized everything I've put into this trip Is not going to be worth it because I won't make the training And in which case I probably won't have a chance to play the game on the weekend So I don't I don't quite know what to say about that. I'm going to go to the training I might not make it for the start. I'll definitely be there for the end of it So I can I can meet the coaches. I can introduce myself and hopefully You know stake my claim to be on that field come Saturday. So that's what we're going to do. We're here and It is rock. You think Alice Springs is isolated It's rock is even more so so As you'll see a lot around here. We've got the red dirt the blue sky And nothing much else I think the terminal is over there. There's literally nothing here guys. I don't even know if there's a cafe I don't even know if there's somewhere to buy a drink So I'm going to go check it out, but um Fucking quanta say no, it's not even quanta. It's jet star. Fucking jet star They could have told me earlier so I could have slept in anyways I don't like complaining too much. You know what if if all worse comes to worse and I don't even make it there today You know, what's the worst that can happen? I'll go there next week So I'll see you guys in a couple of hours when we're closer to boarding the plane Peace All right guys So I thought I'd flick on the I think we might be all right. I've just been in contact with the coach That I've told me to come down at seven o'clock It's seven till nine thirty guys the training finishes at nine thirty at night And it's cold. It's winter at the moment. So I don't know. I don't know what kind of training I don't know what is going to take two and a half hours, but I'm looking forward to seeing what it is They said yep come down and meet the coach and hopefully we'll get your training ASAP because obviously I'm thinking I'm just going to jump in there and and start running drills like Like I'm just down at a rugby practice, but the reality is is that I've got a steep learning curve So I'm probably going to go down there I'm going to meet the coach shake his hand and just watch for a little bit until I'm comfortable enough to possibly Um, you know join in that's how I see it happening. So anyways with timing We've been delayed. We're leaving here at three o'clock Nt time three o'clock we leave we arrive in melbourne two hours and 40 minutes later, which is actually How are you guys? What is going on? I don't know whether to laugh or cry I'm in my airbnb. We got here but I didn't make it to football training The plane was not delayed two hours. It was delayed four hours So I arrived into melbourne at 8 35 p.m. This evening And training started at seven and finishes at 9 30 So effectively the training is pretty much wrapped up right now Um, it would be at least another hour for me to travel there from where I am now So, you know, I've got two ways of looking at it guys two ways of looking at it I fucking shelled out a lot of money and The first and foremost the most important thing that I had to do whilst I was here, which was attend that training I missed so What do you look there's one thought that keeps running through my head and I have to tell you guys this I have to explain it to you because I need to get it out. I need to Speak it and that is that Everything happens for a reason guys. Everything happens for a reason. I'm in contact with the team through text message The rip that The only reason why I have actually messaged them back and forth so much today Is because of the fact that I was going to be late. So because I was late. I started getting in contact with them That's the first thing the second thing is that I was going to be late But I was just going to make it and to be honest with the way that the airport set out now thinking about it How long it took me to get my car? You know what the traffic's like it would have been even worse before so Me thinking I was probably going to be about 15 minutes late might have turned into no actually I was going I was probably going to be there about 15 minutes early Which was probably going to turn into about 15 maybe 30 maybe even 45 minutes late So I'll be rushing rushing rushing trying to get off the plane into the car over there get change everything And then I still wouldn't even be there on time and the one thing I didn't want to do is turn up late to my first practice everyone's already run around everyone's already warmed up Already said hello to each other I want to be there as the new guy. I want to be there first As if everyone comes to the training and says hello to everyone. I want to already be there I want to say hello introduce myself from the start, you know I didn't want to have to I didn't want to have to rush and I didn't want to get there late I'd rather not go at all than get there late to be honest now that i'm thinking about it And so with that said Those are the reasons why this has happened But really I mean I could have had no delays whatsoever got on my plane like I was meant to Had time And made it to my training, but it just wasn't to be it wasn't to be today guys And I've been thinking I've been thinking about this day for weeks, mate I've been thinking about this particular day here in melbourne It's 9 30 now I would have just finished my first training and I would be able to come home Open the camera and talk to you guys You saw how excited I was man, you know how excited I am and I would be able to come home after my training and talk to you guys And explain how I what I thought and how it went and unfortunately Today's just been a huge letdown really But at least I've logged it, you know, I'm all about being as open and honest and transparent as possible whatever happens in my life If it's suitable for youtube, of course, so I don't even know what to say man I honestly don't even know what to say tomorrow is another day. That's what I'm going to say everything happens for a reason I wouldn't have wanted to get to that training late I've talked to them now There is a spot in the team for me if I want it So I'm just going to have to do my very best to get to that game On saturday make sure that they know that I'm playing make sure that they know I want to play which they do So I've got to just do my best to Get to the game. So with that said I I miss my daughter It's cold here in Melbourne. I'm by myself And you know, usually I wouldn't care but the fact that I've had that disappointment about missing the um the training it's really sort of given me a bit of bit of it Made me feel a little bit depressed to be honest. So I don't know when this video is going to come out probably in about a week Hopefully I have played my first game of football by that time and I can tell you about it But unfortunately tonight. I can't tell you about training And I was really really looking forward to it too. I was going to give it my absolute all Oh well It'll have to be saturday So in the meantime guys, if you have liked this video, you want to support me in my journey, please press like If you want to subscribe and you haven't yet, please do And I'll see you guys Back here for another video very soon I've actually got a meeting tomorrow that I'm going to tell you about so I'll tell you I'll tell you about that in the morning for now