On Tuesday, Liam and I
got a haircut. “A haircut?” You exclaim, “Why is a haircut anything notable?”
Well, I’ll tell you! ‘Twas the best haircut I’ve ever had! On top of shearing
the luscious locks that had been growing out of my head for the past month, they
also treated us to beer and a massage. It was a pretty
swanky joint and $25 AUD for the full works was a steal. The hairdressers were
super nice as well and they were all from South Africa (shout out to Sarah if
you’re reading this). It was a very pleasant experience.
On Wednesday I went to class! Yeah, it’s still easy to
forget I actually go to school. My class that day was adventure tourism, and to
be perfectly honest, it was the least class-like class I have ever been to. It
was one of our field trips and we were brought back to the place of dreams,
where it all began: Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary (The place where I spooned a
kangaroo). This time, instead of cuddling with various marsupials, we did the
ropes course/zip lines that wove around the canopy of the park. The belay
system on this course was phenomenal. Instead of having an instructor
constantly holding tension on the rope from below so you don’t fall; the entire
system was self-contained and allowed everyone to move at their own pace
without any help needed. It was a hugely efficient way to do it and it was the
first of its kind that I had seen. Furthermore, the zip-line doohickey wheel
thing that attaches to the line was right on your harness so you didn’t have to
do anything special for the zip-lining sections. The course itself was sick
too, with lots of varied obstacles and some genuinely challenging parts. All of
this was over the animals too! So we crossed rope bridges over dingos, Tarzan
swung over wallabies, and zip-lined over crocodiles. In case I haven’t made it
abundantly clear yet: I love this country.
On Thursday, since my mega-difficult classes (see above)
were done for the week, I went to the beach! Liam and I hopped on the bus, rode
to Broadbeach, saved a small bird who had fallen out of its nest, laid out our
towels, and bummed it for the rest of the day.
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| Birdie |
On Friday, since my mega-difficult classes (see above)
and my mega-difficult Thursday at the beach (see above) were done for the week,
I went to the beach! The Goon Squad and I hopped on the bus, rode to
Broadbeach, saved a small bir… wait. No, we didn’t do that this time; laid out
our towels, and bummed it for the rest of the day.
On Saturday, seeing that the arduous grind of the work
week was over (see above… and above and above), I went to the beach! I think
you can guess the rest.
As you can tell, this is a pretty stressful lifestyle I’m living. I
should really allow myself more time to relax.
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| A private airshow |
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