A hop, skip and jump to unspoilt wilderness

Hey everyone, so obviously I haven't posted anything on here for the last two months or so, no real reason, I sort of stopped, but quite a bit has happened since my last post, so I'll try to get through it all as quickly as I can w/o going into extreme detail like my previous posts have been.  I've also noticed that shorter, more direct/ concise posts seem to be more appealing than huge,detailed paragraphs so from now on I'm going to do posts like that.  Enough said, let's jump into what this post is supposed to be about, my two day trip to Kangaroo Island with group from my university. We had to meet up pretty early, 5:30 - 6:00 to pile into a van and drive to Cape Jervis, to take the SeaLink Ferry to Penneshaw where we regrouped, loaded up all our luggage and piled into a new van owned by the tour company we hired, Groovy Grape, our tour guide was Tony, tall, long blonde surfer hair, total aussie bloke!  Our first stop was Victory Hill, (at least that's what I think it's called), the mountain Matthew Flinders climbed only to realize that he had been on an island (what he thought was mainland Australia) for three months!  Next stop was the Emu Ridge Eucalyptus Oil Distillery and Bee farm.  Then Sea lion Bay.  We had to move as a group and slowly, because it was mating season so the males were more aggressive than usual, and because sea lion's vision is blurred when out of the water, and as a group, we just look like a giant blobby thing to them.  After that I think it was mostly driving to Flinders Chase were we spent the night.  The following morning was the Remarkable Rocks, Admiral's Arch, (including where the sea lions lounge about), this semi-remote beach only accessible via a rocky, half an hour hike, and Kelly Caves (which I wasn't all that impressed with to be honest, (even though our tour guide at one point turned out the lights installed/ blew out the candle early explorers used, but also let us climb on some of it to check out where a cavern led to).  We then drove back to Kingscote to watch the Pelican feeding, and get fish and chips, and finally back to Penneshaw where we unloaded, boarded the ferry  back to Cape Jervis, and then back to Uni.
                                                                               

 

Hence the Ligurian bee honey,
found only on KI!

This one seemed to like us :)

Comparing the size of one of the rocks to my friend Gage

Can you see the skull/ face in it?

Remarkable Rocks

Miscellaneous catch-up

This post will be a bit random and bounce around a lot because it's not on any one particular thing or event that happened.

One day Jason and I decided to go to the Adelaide Zoo.  Here are some of the photographs I took:

Peacock

 Otters

Tasmanian Devil, sorry if you were expecting the cartoon ;)

Red Panda

King Julian?

Timon?

Funi, "Lucky  Girl" Giant Panda

On night within the last two months, my friends Luke, Ashleigh and I went to one of the only remaining drive-in movie theaters (Maitland) in Adelaide to see Dark Shadows (the movie itself was a pretty big let-down in my opinion, but watching it at a drive-in theater, a first for me was pretty awesome!)

Another night, Leo, Scottie, Westaway, Frenchie, Taylor and I decided to go see "The Avengers," and on the way out afterwards this happened: 

Another night, Ashleigh and I went bowling at the local AMF.

This last video is relatively recent and talks about two exciting things!

Second Week of Mid-Semester Break

Day 63, Friday, April 20th: I know I'm skipping ahead, but I have to be honest, this week I was unbelievably lazy, so I don't have much to say about it.  I'm headed to Kangaroo Island for the weekend though, tomorrow to be exact so expect pictures, video, the whole nine yards.  Also, I found out about and tried for the first time today, this:  

It's a carbonated lemon flavored soft drink.

I also have an essay I need to finish, so I leave you in the words of Edward R Murrow: Good night and good luck.

First Week of Mid-Semester Break

Day 52 Monday, April 9th: Easter Monday!  Since Derrick and I weren't doing anything, we and our next door neighbor Lily decided to take a one day road trip down through SA!  Specifically down to Cape Jervis, Victor Harbour, and back.  We ended up seeing a couple other things as well.

The picture might be too small to accurately
portray this, but hopefully you can see
the size of the car in comparison to
the size of the turbine.

 

Now we're at Cape Jervis. 

Lastly Victour Harbor/ Granite Island.

Kind of looks like a hand doesn't it?

Day 53 Tuesday, April 10th: I think today was just a chill out day.


Day 54 Wednesday, April 11th: Didn't do much during the day, hung out with Luke and his friend Jason at Jason's house up in the Adelaide Hills for a few hours at night.  His parents must be EXTREMELY well off because they're place is huge, it overlooks the entire city, and they have an Olypmic size pool/ billiards table in one of their rooms.


Day 55 Thursday, April 12th: Went into the city around 4:30 - 5 to meet up with my mate Jason and to go see Passenger at Fowler's Live!  We met during the first or second week into uni and somehow I never saw him again until this point, even though we're both doing the same major/ degree, Environmental Science.  Anyway, I got to Rundle Mall a bit early, which was nice and gave me a chance to explore more of it, (considering every other time I've been there previously was either at night to go to a club and drink or with mates of mine).  I browsed through the Arcade, went up to the second floor, found the other Haigh's Chocolate store, and this Australian hat store, etc.  Jason and I finally met up and went to Boost Juice, got mango green tea smoothies, and caught up for a bit.  I tried to use the coupon for Boost Juice inside my PokitPal, but the lady serving us told us it was expired.  Bummer.  We then walked out back towards Haigh's and met up with two of Jason's mates, Sash and James.  If I remember correctly James had to go to a Vodafone team meeting (since he works for them).  We then were trying to decide where to go eat, we settled on this cool place just off Hindley St. called

It was SO good!  It might just become a regular for me.  It's also very healthy, and the decor inside the restaurant is aesthetically pleasing.  We got our food and sat down to eat.  A bit later another one of Jason and Sash's friends showed up, Rachel, and then a bit later after that Genevieve, another friend of theirs showed up.  We all then got up and walked a bit up Hindley street and popped into Boulevard Café for dessert.  James also regrouped with us here.  I got a huge slice of carrot cake.  Genevieve got something very bizzare.  It tasted good, hints of cinnamon, apple, coconut, meringue, custard, but there were so many textures it confused my brain, and anybody else's who tried it!
We sat around and talked, Genevieve and I got into a long conversation about film and vintage cameras, and this is also where I learned that she does photography and visual arts for uni, because of this she was one of the gig photographers!  We then made our way over to Fowler's Live.  Band posters and memorabilia scattered on the walls and ceiling, bar to the right, merch stand to the left, and the stage area in the far back room.  After hearing the opening guy, (looked a lot like Jim Morrison) whose name currently escapes me, Passenger started setting up.  James, Jason and I slowly inched our way deeper into the crowd/ room to get a better view.  The next two hours were unbelievable, they won my heart almost instantly.  Mike Rosenberg, (Passenger) is the lead, and until he started getting more popular it was just him, but now he also has a back up band, and they collectively are known as "Passenger."  These next three paragraphs were not written by me, but rather Genevieve, who wrote a piece about him and the show for Our World Today.  She summed up the experience quite nicely, not only for herself, but after reading it myself as well!

"All the emotion, soul, passion and thought of Passenger’s music were magnified ten-fold at his Adelaide performance on Thursday, April 12. Passenger makes it his mission to connect with his audience and through his music, his humour, his wit and his charm Mike builds a unique bond between himself as performer and the audience as a group and as individuals.

For over two hours Mike invited us to share the stories and experiences that constitute his life, and in doing so created a unique experience, a priceless memory, an unforgettable feeling of unity and commonality that was shared between one and all in the room. 

There is something very special about a musician who can bring people together with nothing but a guitar, the words of the English language and a sizable amount of charisma. No tricks, no smoke, no mirrors. Mike Rosenberg, also known as Passenger, is a modern-day travelling troubadour, sharing his heart and soul with cities, audiences and individuals around the world. See him, buy him, support him – he is superbly worth it."   

Afterwards, James, Jason and I started walking back to Jason's car, and it was because of this walk that I got a very nice tour of the buildings that make up the UniSA campus, as well as many of the other historical statues and memorials that that part of Adelaide has in abundance.  They drove me back to campus, and I was lulled to sleep the sounds of Passenger still in my head.
*Also, if you're so inclined, check out Genevieve's blog and other works here: http://genevievebrandenburg.com/

Day 56 Friday, April 13th: I don't think I did much this day.


Day 57 Saturday, April 14th: Went into the city today with Leo and his mates for ramen, magic, and thick shakes at PK.  Since Leo had been with Danielle the entire week previously for Easter and all, they ventured out to the other Ajisen Ramen on Leigh St., and Leo was quite impressed.  They have a fresh lime juice drink, alcohol, and a bigger and better menu than the one in Rundle Arcade, so we decided to go to that one instead.  I decided to try the "tori kattsu" (friend chicken) ramen, and upsize it, which just means more noodles.  I was the second to get mine and last one to finish.  I couldn't drink the broth though, I was so stuffed.  For the future I think I'll stick to the normal portions.  When we finished we made our way to this card shop within the same alleyway area as PK, and played Magic for a while in a back room.  Much better than playing out in the food court at Rundle Mall.  Finally we made our way over to Pancake Kitchen.  I got a short stack of two pancakes and a coffee malted thick shake.  Hands down THE BEST thick shake I have ever had!


Day 58 Sunday, April 15th: Another chill out day if my memory serves me right.

Easter Weekend & Mid-Semester Break Beginning

Day 45 Monday, April 2nd: Don't remember what happened this day at this point.  This was after all the last week before Easter Weekend and Mid-Semester break.


Day 46 Tuesday, April 3rd: Same as above


Day 47 Wednesday, April 4th: Same as above


Day 48 Thursday, April 5th: Went to Coopers Bar for Harry Potter night.  Started out slow, got busier as the night went on.  Played pool against Sam, lost.  On the way walked back, Sam, Darcy, Roy, Hanna, Lucy and I walked down through the gulley, the first time I had been down there.  Walked back to Sam and Kane's place.  I tried Bluetongue Ginger Beer for the first time.  It was okay, considering I like ginger ale but not ginger in general.


Day 49 Friday, April 6th: I feel like I'm slowly turning into a night owl, considering most of these posts take place at night.  Anywho, Derrick and I were watching Dr. Who (the Vampires of Venice episode), and before we could finish it Liz showed up, so we spent the next 20 minutes to half hour talking about random stuff.  We all then piled into Derrick's car because Liz wanted a ride to a house party 15 minutes off campus.  She could have walked, but it was quite cold out.  After dropping Liz off, Derrick asked if I wanted to go for a bit of a night drive.  I said sure and off we went, little did I know just how far we would be going though.  We started driving north out of the city, stopped at a petrol station, and continued on until we were surrounded by gum trees and rolling plains, i.e. Myponga, specifically the Myponga Reservoir. We then drove over it and continued on to Victor Harbor, stopping along the way so Derrick could show me this:

one of the many Flinder's campuses throughout Australia.  This particular one is one of the rural clinical schools for nursing and medicine.  After that we drove up to "The Bluff," past the first make out spot and up to the second one.  It was so windy that when I tried to open the car door it almost immediately shut back!  Derrick somehow managed to light a cigarette and keep it going.  Walking up it, I felt like I was in a lucid dream, with the darkness (even though it was a full moon and the only real light source), the massive amount of cold wind coming from Antartica, and following this rocky, uphill, dirt path up a cliff.  Once up, the view was quite impressive, you could see the entire city of Victor Harbor all lit up, as well as Granite Island, and the shadow of clouds reflecting off the ocean.  A first for me and something you don't get a chance to see very often.  After taking some photos, and surveying the view from atop a really big boulder, we made our way down to where the waves crash against the rocks and the bluff.  Looking back on it, it'd be a good place to do a photo shoot.  Making our way back down to the car was an interesting feat in and of itself, because we started on the normal trail but somehow ended up on a goat trail, where the trail itself was incredibly small, to the point where you're teetering on the edge of the cliff and the wind kept pushing me to the side.  Obviously we both made it and are hopefully richer for the experience.  We then drove home, but first had to stop at the only gas station open (imagine if it hadn't been there.  The beginnings of a horror movie anyone?


Day 50 Saturday, April 7th: The day was so-so.  Night was when I went out and actually did stuff.  The plan was to go to this tapas bar/ lounge called Casablabla in the city with Ola, Bujo, Kévin, Soufiane and Dasha, (the one who originally suggested we go there).  Ola and I met up by the BBQ area behind my townhouse and talked, in between sips of Carlton Draught which I was drinking, and cheap white wine from a bottle that Ola had brought over.  According to Ola it was in fact not the cheapest, which was a dollar less apparently, (big spender).  After a-while called Bujo to see where he was, said he was walking down to the bus stop, so we hauled ass down to meet him and walk down together.  As soon as we get close to our bus stop we see the bus and have to run/ yell to catch it.  We get on, and maybe two stops later Kévin and Soufiane get on.  We all start chatting and get off, Bujo wanted to find a bottle op (liquor store) to purchase a box of goon (incredibly cheap boxed wine), he did, we all found a table inches from the shop and proceeded to start drinking it.  I had about two cups before the guy who ran the shop said we couldn't have it open there, (which makes no sense if you have the tables and chairs just sitting out there), so we migrated over to this alley/ entrance to a parking structure across the street and kept drinking it.  By the time we ended up walking over to Casablabla, I was quite inebriated, and was doing all I could to try and regain some control.  Everyone ended up going inside, and I was still outside.  I was in a bad place.  I must be lucky because in the state I was in, I was thinking I would have to walk all the way to Kind William St or Rundle Mall to catch a cab back to campus, luckily there was one sitting right outside, and I told him to take me back to Flinders.  Ten to fifteen minutes into the ride I chundered on myself, at which point the driver noticed and pulled over, and then I chunddered outside the car.  He told me to take my shirt off, throw it in the boot, and to take my time, all the while I was trying to be apologetic.  He was really nice about the whole thing, I ended up having to pay him $100 AU to cover fair and any damages I might have caused to his car, but otherwise for a taxi driver he was really nice about the whole thing.  I now refer to this incident as my "$100 mistake."  He dropped me off, and I remember lying on my bed, and at one point puking in my bin.  Derrick got home, noticed I had puked, and proceeded to try and get me up to the bathroom.  I was being stubborn but he eventually did, where I kept puking, took a Berroca, puked that, drank some water, and finally it calmed down.  Derrick gave me a blue poweraide and a full coke bottle filled with water to down.  I settled in for the night. Let me just go on record by saying that this was not one of my proudest moments for obvious reasons, but hey, you live and learn, and I definitely learned why you don't drink goon the next morning.


Day 51 Sunday, April 8th: I woke up with the worst and only hangover I've ever had.  Simply moving made me queasy.  I downed about half the poweraide, then tried to go back to sleep.  I couldn't, so after a-while I decided a nice hot, steamy shower might help me.  I chugged the rest of the poweraide, slowly walked over to the toilet, and almost immediately puked up the bit of poweraide I had just drank.  I sat in the shower for at least half an hour to 45 minutes, and felt a bit better, but not much.  Needless to say I spent most of the day recovering, and by mid to late afternoon I was feeling much better, so good in fact that I did something I haven't done in months, I had red meat, a steak.  Some weird craving I had been having.  This was also around the same time that I learned what goon actually is, pure ethanol.  No wonder I puked and had this horrible hangover.  I made a vow then and there to never drink goon again, I think I'll stick to beer.  I learned my lesson.

Boring... Until the Weekend

Honestly this whole week has been a whirlwind of schoolwork and boring-ness, so I'm not gonna bother posting much for this week.  Highlights from today (Day 43 Saturday, March 31st) went to Woolies with Derrick and Liz since Liz needed to go grocery shopping.  They were almost completely out of bread!  I sort of  casually wandered around and eventually just walked out and sat on the benches by the entrance waiting for them to finish.  Liz and I then went into this liquor store directly to the left of Woolies, where she got a $5 bottle of wine (keepin' it classy Liz).  I walked out while she was waiting in line, and then when she walked out I thought something had gone wrong because I didn't see the bottle... she had stashed in the shoulder bag she was carrying. >.< Fail on my part.  We start to walk out, and then Derrick signals at me to stop walking so fast, so we slowly crept for a while then sped up to find her waiting for us with a death glare.  We walked the rest of the way to Derrick's car, and then I asked: "So, do you go there (pointing to a Dan Murphy's directly in front of us) if you can't find whatever you're looking for in there?" (pointing behind me towards Marion)  Derrick and Liz turned around to me, "Yeah, pretty much, they have EVERYTHING!"  "You ever been inside one before?" asked Derrick.  "Nope" I replied.  "Let's go then!" said Derrick.  We walk in, every type of alcohol you could imagine was there, and that was one of the smaller locations.  We made our way to the back, I ended up buying a six pack of Carlton Draught, and Liz was trying to find a mild 5 Seeds Cider for some reason, you know, the kind with silt at the bottom?  She found something like it, we both and then Derrick drove us all home.  I'm more likely than not going to head to my friend Becca's place because it's her 21st b-day today!  Pre drinks at her place, and then we'll all head into the city and probably go to a club.  I kinda hope it isn't Apple...

MESSAGE FROM THE FUTURE!  Saturday night and Sunday were the highlights of this week.  We didn't end up going to Apple!  Allow me to recount to you my adventure on Saturday night in regards to Becca's 21st birthday.  It started off a bit slow at her place, considering the only people there when I showed up were Becca, Katie, one of Katie's friends/ roommates but I can't remember her name and Bujo; but more people eventually started showing up, Tony, Pierre, Catherine, Dani, Matt, Marleen, Ariane.  Once we had a decent amount of people we kicked off the night playing cup toss, but we didn't have any cups so we ended up using these small little red shot glasses that used be jello shots (mandatory to have on upon entry apparently).  You put your cup (shot glass in this case) on the edge of the table so just a bit of it is sticking off the end, and then try to flip it with your finger so it lands upside down.  Pierre and I were on the same team, and we went first, ended up losing because of me, he got it on his first try, no worries though.  We just each had to take a shot of goon... shudder.  Then Bujo had the idea to do guys vs girls.  Played them the first time, almost lost because I just couldn't flip it, finally did, had to walk outside to get some air, came back and Tony flipped his just in time to win it for us!  So every girl playing had to take a shot of goon.  They wanted a rematch so we played them again, except this time Bujo almost made us lose, I flipped, then Pierre did, and finally Tony did to win it for us guys again!  Then Katie and her roommate brought over two cakes, one was red velvet (one of my all time favs) and this dense chocolate bundt/ sponge cake looking one.  Then we set up Kings Cup, except the deck we were using didn't have any 2's, 3's, 4's, or 5's in it, plus they were German so Kings instead of having a K in each corner had a D or a B.  It mostly consisted of rhyme, mate, pouring whatever you drinking into the kings cup (most of us were drinking punch that Katie, Becca and Katie's friend had made), categories, and Marleen and Katie each got a rule.  Marleen's was you had to raise your hand every time you talked.  Katie's was whenever you addressed somebody you had to call them either sir or captain.  After a couple rounds, Becca ended up getting the last King, so she had to drink the King's Cup, which wasn't all that full.  A bit later, Bujo gave Becca a lap dance... I wish I had video to show.  We all then headed out for the bus and the city.  Pierre was taking a while to get ready, so he said he would just meet us at the bus stop, and Bujo had to go back to change.  We all walked down to the bus stop, Matt and I chatted for a bit on the way down.  He told me that we were going to meet up with his friend Adam, who knew Adelaide really well, and could show us around.  Bujo met up with us about 5 minutes after we got there, Pierre never did.  We boarded the bus and rode it into the city.  Half our group started walking towards Apple, Matt, Bujo, Marleen, Ariane, Tony and I hung back for a bit because Marleen and Bujo wanted to go buy ciggies.  Then we headed over to Macca's.  Becca ended up calling me to see where we were, I told her and said we'd be on our way.  We finally started heading towards Rundle Mall, as soon as we got there we found them taking pictures with this one random group of guys.  As we made our way through Rundle, we would constantly stop so Becca could get pictures taken with random dudes.  This happened for at least 20 minutes, and during this time we ended up running into Adam!  I found out later that Matt and Adam know each other because Adam studied in Poland for a semester or a year last year and became friends with Matt there.  Becca somehow managed to get a Jagermeister hat from some random bloke, and Dani got a Jagermeister dog tag/ bottle opener from the same guy!  We also had been passing around a goon sack all night, and random guys would see it and yell with excitement, then ask if they could have some.  At the advice of Adam, we ended up going to the club Mansions.  Walked downstairs and the whole place a dance floor/ lounge and table area.  The areas around the bars though, at least the main one was RIDICULOUSLY sticky.  Every step made my boots stick to it.  It was quite annoying.  Got a pint of Carlton Draught, and made my way to the dance floor.  After an hour or so we all walked over to the Austral, (not to be confused with the Austral Hotel which is a completely different establishment).  Got drinks, reconnected with the rest of our group (Tony, Becca, Pierre, etc).  Not the best stuff on tap, but it was more of an actual "pub" than it was a club, a much more lax atmosphere.  All of us eventually migrated around a table outside and proceeded to play Never Have I Ever for the next hour or so (at this point it was at least 1:00 in the morning).  We then headed to HJ's, then walked back through Rundle Mall and caught one of the buses back to campus.


Day 44 Sunday, April 1st: I'm writing this on Monday because I was a bit too tired last night to write about this day.  This day was fun, even though I didn't really do much, being a Sunday and all.  I went to Laughter Yoga with Liz.  It was a small group, this guy named Fraiser (hippie-dippie kind of guy), two of Liz's friends Pav and Lauren, Liz, the instructor Milan, and I.  I was a bit skeptic at first like most, but throughout it I legitimately laughed twice, and felt much more relaxed and chipper than I had before starting.  I'm going to try and make it a regular thing.  Afterwards we all sat around and had tea and talked about all kinds of stuff. Random You Tube videos, Dr. Who, general life experiences.  Fraiser left after about half an hour to an hour or so it was just Milan, Liz, Pav, Lauren and me, and we just kept talking.  Then we all said goodbyes, and I hung out with Liz, Pav and Lauren for the rest of the day.  I showed them around campus for a bit, the duck pond and finally checked out that trail that cuts through the back half of it.  I'll probably start taking that, cut down on my travel time to engineering.  Once we were back on North campus, we somehow got on the topic of Pancake Kitchen.  We decided to head there, which I was really excited for, since I had never been in all the times I've been out clubbing and drinking, (it's more popular late at night/ early morning for all the drunk people).  I ordered blueberry pancakes with ice cream, just like the International Student Guide said to... SO GOOD!  I was still hungry after that so I got the Stockman's Brekky.  A damper roll, two sunny side up eggs, three strips of bacon and two hash browns.  Pav throughout was coloring in a children's coloring book, but then proceeded to do a really good sketch, in colored pencils, of Liz's face on the opposite side of the cover.  I was taken back by how good it was actually!  They then walked me over to the bus stop, where I waited for WAY too long since it was a Sunday.  Lesson learned.  I actually called up Bujo to ask him if one of the buses ran on the weekends, and he said he was in the city as well trying to get back.  The bus I asked him about came, and just as I about to stay and let it go by I saw Bujo running my way, so we both got on, talked for most of the way back, and then parted ways.

*Next week should be more interesting, since it's the last week till we get "technically" 3 weeks off for Easter and mid semester break!  Crazy how fast this semester is going.

A Candy Filled Week

Day 31 Monday, March 19th: Typical Monday, have the day off, will probably do some more homework, catch up with friends, try to be productive.  If anything out of the ordinary or unusual or exciting happens I'll be sure to update.  Turns out I did end up doing things today!  Went to Marion with Derrick today because he desperately needed a massage.  While he was busy doing that I wandered around.  Went into this one, relatively posh, high end men's fashion store, can't remember the name and bought a new pair of sunnies to replace my old ones.  Also chatted it up with the lady working there, turns out she's a Flinders student as well, studying law!  Small world.  Made my way to the second floor and walked into Daily Grind to check out their snap backs, ended up buying a Vans. Off The Wall classic one.  Derrick and I met outside it and got hot-dogs at Wendys, then made our way to Target since Derrick needed new cargo shorts.  We then headed down to the first floor and went into this one store that sells stuff really similar to Urban Outfitters, with a price to match Urban Outfitters as well!  We pushed on to Cotton On, and I got a pair of jean shorts and a lightweight maroon, striped henley.  I was kind of disappointed with their selection of tanks, not only because none of them really caught my eye but because Smalls and Extra Smalls were few and far between.

Day 32 Tuesday, March 20th: Pretty sure this was normal Tuesday, nothing too exciting.

Day 33 Wednesday, March 21st: Tried  both of these ----->
for the first time today.  The Mars bar was good, the Maltesers, eh.  They're pretty much like Whoppers, which I'm not a huge fan of anyway.


Day 34 Thursday, March 22nd: It rained on and off most of today, so I stayed inside.  Sketched Nory sitting down for my visual arts course, while listening to Ratatat and making small talk, all the while hearing the pitter patter of the rain outside.

Day 35 Friday, March 23rd: Most of today was pretty dull until I had my visual arts workshop for 3 hours.  I was quite hungry for most of today as
well since all I had to eat was a Balfour's Baked Custard tart.  But I digress.  Nathan, Josh, Luke, and I ended up chilling before class just talking about all kinds of random shit, XBox VS PlayStation, COD talk, etc.  We then had to draw figures lying down, starting with Fabian, then my friend Cody (which was "interesting" to say the least since all I could really see was his crotch because of the way he lying down).  The third and last model was this girl who I was sitting next to, but didn't find out her name till after class, Cenise, like Denise but with a C.  After class Cody drove me back to the Village.  Pretty soon after getting back Liz stopped by to help Derrick design some pub crawl shirts and watch Dr. Who, which I decided to watch with them, my dumbass being an earbasher and constantly asking questions about it.  Liz eventually left, I made the rest of my chicken for dinner, and then somehow over the course of the night this happened:

Day 36 Saturday, March 24th: Woke up at 9:00 AM this morning to go kayaking with other exchange students up at Barker's Inlet (on the Port River near Adelaide Port, between Garden Island and Torrens Island) at the dolphin sanctuary.  Alex and Gage went as well.  We actually saw dolphins!  Except the one time one of them did that skid along the water trick with their flippers we were all learning how to use the paddle and the dolphin did it so quickly (three times) that none of us could photograph or film it in time.  Sad day.  :(  It was still fun nonetheless, and got us off campus and exploring more of Adelaide.

Taking a break on one of the mangrove covered islands
while the guide talks about the shipwrecks behind me.

The Santiago, the oldest iron and last vessel to be abandoned at Garden Island's Ship Grave yard I believe.

Once we got back I was SUPER hungry since I didn't have anything to eat in the morning and because I rushed to get to the meeting spot on time I forgot to bring something to eat, so I scrounged up lunch, and then remembered I had these:

in the freezer.  The curly wurly was surprisingly good, better than I expected for just caramel dipped in milk chocolate, neither of which I'm all that fond of.  Derrick and I hung out for a bit before deciding to head to Nory's place.  Derrick (still pumped up from our antics the night before) decided to wear the Sky Runners there, and as soon as we knocked and came in, everyone there was in awe.  Claire ended up trying them on a bit later, using Nory for support mostly.  Nory and I got our DrawSomething on (well she ended up playing for most of it since it was her iPad, I just watched and once tried to draw a lava lamp but it didn't turn our very well so she took it from me, haha).  After a while I remembered that Derrick, Leo and I got invited to dinner at our friend Stephanie's place, so I said my goodbyes and made my way over there.  I met Leo's girlfriend, Danielle for the first time, and saw Leo for the first time in two days. We ended up ordering Sahara Pizza (the first time I had had it, I ended up getting the same thing Leo and Danielle get every time they order, "The Lot"), watched Robin Hood: Men in Tights, a few episodes of Dr. Who, and learned about an inside joke between all of them due to early Easter presents given to Danielle from Stephanie and her other flatmate.

Day 37 Sunday, March 25th: Lazy Sunday.  Went to Woolies with Leo for a bit, worked on homework, chillaxed.  Tomorrow I do more homework and laundry.