Gone Troppo!

Hello!

For those who don’t know me, my day job as an environmental engineer takes me to some pretty unique places. I’ve been spending a lot of time on the Cocos Keeling Islands, a small coral atoll in the Indian Ocean - sounds like the perfect place to do some polar expedition training!

There isn’t much on the islands. There is no gym, no shops, not really much in the way of anything really, including people. Thankfully, I’ve found companionship in my ture pulling buddy Terry (who happens to be a tyre). A new era of bromance. Yep, I’ve gone a little troppo.

Like me, Terry is afraid to talk to women, gets confused when it’s hot, terrified of magnets, but enjoys training hard.

There is a saying, or better, a condition, in Australia known as Gone Troppo - when the ongoing heat and humidity sends us a little bonkers. Safe to say I think it’s got me.