Overseas holidays, team bonding and time away with family and friends.
While our 1-4 year players are now back at RSEA Park for pre-season training, our full squad wont assemble until Monday 18 November.
In the meantime, see what the boys have been up to on their off-season break.
Nathan Brown joined Jimmy Webster in Tasmania
...while there was big news for the second half of Jimmy & Timmy - with Tim Membrey getting engaged to fiancé Emily.
Rowan Marshall, Daniel McKenzie, Bailey Rice and Lewis Pierce visited Yosemite National park...
...before joining teammates in Venice Beach.
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Ben Paton and Nick Coffield took in a Lakers game at Staples Center...
...while back in Australia, Ben Long spent time up north.
Josh Battle headed west, spending time with family in Bali...
...while Ed Phillips did the same, but in the snowy Himalayas
Irishman Darragh Joyce went home, stopping via London on the way...
...and Jack Steele and Luke Dunstan took off to New Zealand.
View this post on InstagramWe should have invited 1 more person just so we could get a photo together