Welcome
May 2024 - The official website of ‘that Aussie Guy’ from Sydney, Australia who sold his house, quit his job and moved to Green Bay, WI in 2007 with his amazing wife and two adorable baby boys.
Having spent my entire childhood in Sydney yearning to get to Green Bay I took destiny in to my own hands. My dream was to live like a local Green Bay Packer fan, in the shadows of Lambeau Field and to one day write a book about the entire, incredible experience. This website tells the story of our day-to-day adventures in Green Bay and my subsequent return to Dallas then Green Bay for Super Bowl XLV and Return to Titletown parade.
Post the Super Bowl, Kelly and I added young Samuel to our family and the five of us have since relocated to the USA as permanent residents of California. We continue to return to Green Bay every year for vacation, to see Packers games, Brett’s #4 get retired, kick-off to the 100th Season, to waterslide in Wisconsin Dells and catch-up with so many of the friends that we made in town.
As a monument to the purpose of this site I have kept the content relevant to 2007 and 2011 so as to not get too far away those 162 days that we spent on the road. As I complete my book, I’ll include all of the new and exciting things that we’ve done ever since, including the purchase of our home, a few streets from Lambeau Field in 2022.
The Book - Christmas 2024
What started as a teenagers dream to visit Green Bay from Sydney Australia one day has become the all-encompassing, football-obsessed autobiography of Wayne Scullino, The Once in a Lifetime Fan.
From a sold home in Sydney to a hotel in Green Bay. To an apartment. To California. To homeowners three streets away from Lambeau Field.
And from Don Majkowksi, to Brett Favre, to Aaron Rodgers to Jordan Love.
Read about the life and times of a choose-to-be Packers fan, his more than accommodating wife, their go-along-with-anything-kids and the fly-by-the-seat-of-their-pants nature that helped them jump from one country to the next to follow the most storied team in the worldwide history of sports.
The Journey
2007/8 - 45,000 kilometres/28,000 miles. 162 days. 16 Games, 9 Stadiums. 1 family and the Green Bay Packers.
2011 - 31,000 kilometres/19,300 miles, 8 days, 1 Game, 1 Stadium for a Super Bowl victory and 1 for a Super Bowl winning parade!
2015, Bart and Brett return. 2016 Brett’s Hall of Fame induction. 2019, the Packers 100th season kick-off.
2022 - New homeowners and Brown County taxpayers, walking distance from Lambeau Field.
2024 - Christmas release of our story, The Once in a Lifetime Fan.
“At some point you need to stop living the life you’ve fallen in to, and start living the life you want.”
— Wayne Scullino, The Once in a Lifetime Fan
The Blog
June 2024 Started in 2007, going strong again in 2024 this blog details our original journey from Sydney to Green Bay and our subsequent adventures since.
Now in California our boys have gone from toddlers to grown men. We added a new little one to our brood in 2012. And we bought a home in Green Bay in 2021. This blog details almost all of our story and it’ll continue getting bigger and more omprejensive as the book gets closer to launching.
Please take a look for old times sake. And to see what else has been happening the more present day.
Home sweet (second) home.