How do you like to start your weekend?
Look unfortunately – or fortunately – I’m usually on tour, so weekends all blur into one. But when I’m at home I like to play sport with friends, or go for a sneaky surf.

What’s your favourite thing to do on a Saturday morning?
Get up and go for a surf and then maybe go to breakfast with my mates. That must sound really boring. There’s people going skydiving on a Saturday morning and I’m just breakfasting with my mates.

How do you like to unwind?
I like to play golf with my friends. It’s a nerdy thing, but we all got to 25 and realised rugby has a shelf life. So now we play golf together, and it’s great because you can have beer on the golf course and no one tells you not to.

What are your essentials for a well-spent weekend?
Friends and family. I really don’t care where I am or what I’m doing, but if I’ve got time off I like to spend it with friends and family. And spare time is all too rare these days.

What’s something you’ve been meaning to do on the weekend but haven’t got around to yet?
For four or five months I’ve been meaning to go with my mates up to the Hunter Valley and go wine-tasting for a day. I keep putting it off because I’m not in town, but we’re finally going to get to it in a few weeks.

What’s your favourite thing to do on a Sunday evening?
Go out for dinner and then maybe watch a flick with one of the boys. These questions have just made me realise that I really haven’t had a proper weekend for about three years. It might be a Sunday night and we’ll play a show and you don’t even know what day it is … so we just go back to the hotel to sleep because we’re not so rock ‘n’ roll.

What are you looking forward to next weekend?
I’m looking forward to watching my team The Bulldogs in the rugby league grand final.

What are you reading at the moment?
For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway.

What inspires you?
I’m inspired by writing … whether it be song writing or written prose or poetry. I really like English writing like William Boyd and Graham Greene – aside from the fact that I’m inept at any other language. I find it really inspiring that people can explain things in ways I would never have thought of doing. I have a lot of respect for the art of storytelling, whether film or writing or music.

What was your childhood dream?
My childhood dream was to play cricket for Australia, but I didn’t quite make it. I was a little fat kid running around. I did alright, but was never amazing at it. I love it and I still watch it. 

What has been your greatest achievement?
I’d say my greatest achievement would have to be being in Boy & Bear and keeping those relationships tight for past three-and-a-half years. We’ve built ourselves a career – as arrogant as that sounds – but they’re still the guys I want to hang out with at the end of the day.

What is success to you?
I think success is different for everyone. For me it’s when you’ve done the best work you can possibly do. You’ve tried your hardest, been really diligent and hardworking at your craft, whatever that may be … and I think that, in itself, is success. I don’t measure it by achievements and awards. The only failure is the failure to try.

What are your words of wisdom?
The dad of Boy & Bear’s lead guitarist Dave Hosking – Ian Hosking – says something that’s always stuck with me: A man who has done his best has done enough. It’s a question of integrity. But in the end nothing else matters except relationships. That’s something I haven’t always been good at. 

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FAVOURITE WEEKEND SPOT TO:
Perk up … The Little Marionette Cafe in Sydney
Relax … Gerra Beach on the south coast of NSW
Dine …  Surry Hills
Indulge … The Royal Oak, Balmain
Shop … Surry Hills
Catch-up … Balmain
Be inspired … My bedroom