Well hello there once again, northern hemisphere. Yes it is time once again for me to let you all know what I've been getting up to down here on the other side of the world.
Anyway, when last we spoke, I made a rather hurried entry explaining that I was off to spent a couple of weeks in good old Australia. Well, here I am now to tell you about what I got up to while I was there.
In short, I mostly helped Sarah out around the house when I wasn't either playing Thomas the Tank Engine with or being run ragged, shot, clung to, kicked, punched, and I think on one occasion, bitten by her 4 1/2 and 2 1/2 kids, William and Matthew. Still, it was good fun despite all the aforementioned grievances, and I'll admit I'm not Mister Innocent myself, vis-a-vis, holding Will upside down by his ankles and chasing the pair of them around the house with my sleeping bag to name a few. So, that was the domestic side of my stay, which was great fun, now moving on to the tourism side of my visit. All in all, the sights that Sarah took me to see were very impressive; Mildura does not have what could be called an abundance of man-made sights, but it is overflowing with natural beauty, which you can see for yourselves in my next batch of photos. I can say this much for Australia, though; it is very, very, very flat in comparison to Dunedin. Additionally, Sarah was kind enough to take me along on one of her archaeological surveys, which, while revealing to me that archaeology is definitely not for me, was enjoyable none-the less, making for some great photos, despite the one moment of panic where she nearly lost control of the 4x4 we were using, (though she now claims this was intentional just to scare me, if so, then mission accomplished).
Anyway, that more or less sums up what happened while I was over in Oz. There were of course several drinking evenings where I was introduced to the rest of Sarah's friends, (who were kind enough to give me one of their cricket team's shirts as a parting gift), and I also experienced my first hang-over, which was more unpleasant than I could've imagined.
Okay, so moving on. It was a shame to leave Oz behind, I found it to be a very relaxed atmosphere, still nothing lasts forever. Arriving back in New Zealand, I still had a few things to sort out, namely Claire's birthday and souvenir shopping. I think my birthday must have happened somewhere along the line, as I got a DVD and a new set of week socks from Mum & Dad, a Dunedin Tee-shirt and a student cookbook from Claire & John and a new coat from Judith. Anyway, Claire's party was great fun with much eating and drinking and giving of gifts.
Anyway, I have to round up now, 'cos we're set to head down to the airport. So we'll finish this little chat at a later date.
Laters
Alex
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