A couple exiting things to report after a relaxing weekend. Friday after I submitted my group marketing project that has engulfed my life toward the end of last week, I headed off to the beach with some mates. The weather has been in the low 70's but nothing but sunny skies. Friday night a bunch of us went out to Surfer's to a bar/club to celebrate a friend's birthday. It was a good time and we met up with my Scotish friend Mark who Jackie and I met on our sailing trip in the Whitsundays. Saturday a group of us hung out by the pool and relaxed.
As most of you know Jeremy graduated Saturday so congrats to him! Wish I would have been able to make the graduation and the nice Italian dinner after but I think my excuse was sufficient! It's crazy to believe that I am only a two years away from graduating myself!
Sunday, my friend Pontus, Logan and I went on a boat trip to Stradbroke Island which was through our apartment complex. The weather was great nothing but sunny skies throughout the day. Stradbroke Island was a ten minute drive from the Gold Coast and then about an hour ferry to the island. We relaxed and did some kyacking. We took a walk on the beach and noticed hundreds of soldier crabs running along the beach. It was a crazy sight. We got lunch of burgers and salad as part of the package. After lunch we had a nice cold drink and noticed a Wallaby sitting right next to us. A wallaby is pretty much a smaller version of a kangaroo. It just kind of sat there for awhile and then came by us later when we were on the beach.
Gold Coast Skyline
Soldier crab burying itself in the sand
Soldier Crabs were everywhere
Wallaby
Sunday night I got a message from a friend saying she found the cheapest tickets to Bali for the week we didn't have exams. Ever since mid semester break we have been wanting to go to Bali which is where a bunch of people went from our apartments during the mid-semester break. We hadn't been able to find flights that were under $800 Aussie dollars. The sale was for a roundtrip ticket for $550 Aussie dollars. Realizing I probably wouldn't get an opportunity to go otherwise (besides maybe far in the future) I decided I was going to book it. There are four of us going as of now.
Although these last couple trips will tap significantly into my car money, I have realized that the experiences I have here will far outlive the life of any car or other material item I could buy. With that said, I have also found a cheap flight to New Zealand for 4 days in early June which I will hopefully book tomorrow! That will conclude my major travels of the semester and will mean I will be leaving around the scheduled date of the last week in June so I can get back with some time to make some money.
My dad and Joy will be arriving Friday morning to the Gold Coast where they will spend the weekend here with me before heading off to Cairns where I will meet them after classes later in the week. It is hard to grasp that my semester is drawing to a close as I have just under 6 weeks remaining.
I have been tracking the score of the Bulls games on my! Pretty cool! Hope they can keep it up!
Hope you all have a great week and I will be sure to write again after my dad arrives!
Cheers,
Bryan
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