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| Baywatch.. or something. |
I now have one week left in
Australia. That’s right – ONE WEEK. What is this madness? I have had a
brilliant time the past fortnight since being back from Sydney, and so here’s
what I’ve been up to!
I’ve done a few swim tours,
including a surprise one on my last official day volunteering at the DDC. It
was the best swim tour I’ve been on, too! I swam alongside a male dolphin for
about ten minutes straight – he was swimming synchronised with me, turning when
I turned etc – it’s such an amazing experience swimming underwater with a
dolphin that close. I also had a swim where I was surrounded by four adult
dolphins which was cool too!
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| Selina & Me |
The other awesome thing that
happened – you remember I said goodbye to Selina, who was heading up North?
Well, last week I was at the DDC, and I felt two hands on my shoulders. YES it
was Selina back! I jumped on her and we had the most enormously squeezy hug –
the other people there looked incredibly confused. She was back in Bunbury for
a few more days, and so that was a brilliant surprise!
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| Feeding kangeroos |
Selina, Christine, and I
visited Big Swamp Wildlife Park, where you could feed and cuddle kangeroos and
birds. The kangeroos are the most adorable things, and the birds land in your
hair and try to eat everything.
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| Barrage of birds |
The three of us also went on
a little road trip with Ferne and Matthias to the Black Diamond Lakes. Spent
the afternoon swimming and jumping off logs, then headed back to Christine’s
house for tea, cards, and didgeridoo playing (Selina’s determination is
admirable).
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| Skill, hey? |
On Selina’s last night (her
real last night, this time!) we had a bbq on Koombana beach – I introduced
everyone to bbq’d bananas with chocolate in the middle, which was much loved!
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| Black Diamond Lakes |
I spent
Tuesday in Busselton with Mandy visiting the underwater observatory and eating
far too much food. Yesterday I went to Kaitlin’s eighteenth birthday party
where I painted a ceramic penguin, and had my last Macca’s (sob). Went on
another swim tour today, and then swimming at Back Beach with Dylan – waves
were pretty darn crazy! Tomorrow I’m going to Gnomesville with Ferne and the
family, and I’m going kayaking with her sometime before I leave!
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| Guess who's in that Louie the Dolphin costume... yes, that's me. |
It’s
a strange feeling, leaving Australia and everything here behind. The May family
have become my second family, and not seeing them every day will be so weird.
The friends I’ve made here are from all over the world, so I suppose at least I
have a good excuse to travel! I’m excited about everything that lies ahead of
me. Seeing Joe, my family, and friends again, and then backpacking around
Europe (official start date 19th May!). And then, after a summer of
bbq’s and nights out, road trips and ice cream, camping and beaches (albeit
slightly colder than those here!), I’ll be going off to University! So although
one adventure is nearly over – debatable if it can ever be ‘over’, I’ve made
friends for life here – there are many more adventures just waiting to begin.
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