Koalas, dolphins and the pit.

I can’t believe the second week is over already! Looks like this little adventure is going to go by as fast as New Zealand did, unbelievable. I have spent most of my time this week in the pit, rightly named so, since once you go in you never come out. It’s actually hysterical that when you tell someone that you’ll be in the pit if they need to find you, they know exactly where you are talking about and are entirely sympathetic. For the most part I don’t mind it, it’s not unlike any other work in labs, but it does get a little lonely in there. I have had a few visitors the past few days though which helps to break up the day. Oh and it smells pretty raunchy but you get immune to that pretty quickly. It’s just the initial wall of stench you have to be ready for walking in. Oh yeah.

I saw a koala this week at work! SO CUTE! He was just chillin in a tree outside of one of the buildings. I saw a few random people staring up into the tree and I figured id just go about my business and ignore what they were looking at until Christian called me over. Good thing he did, apparently that was his first koala sighting in the 5 years he has lived here. Lucky me. :) I also forgot to mention that we saw some dolphins last weekend (maybe I mentioned it, I don’t remember, haha) on the survey trip I went on. We also saw one this morning. Apparently Morton bay and outlying regions get lots of cool marine life. Apparently mid-June to July they get whales coming through! Hopefully I will plan a trip to Stradbroke Island around the time they come through. I went on a plankton tow/sampling trip this morning and ended up getting soaked, the one day it was suppose to rain all week they decided to go. It was fun none-the-less though and I got away with not really doing any work all day. We got back at lunch, I played some ping-pong, fluffed a bit then left to come home at like 3. Solid. I then got a call to go out for drinks with some people from work. It was an awesome little place that overlooked the bay, we literally had a table right by the water during sunset. Love it.

Have I mentioned how much I love boats? Because I really do. If they weren’t so expensive and such a hassle I would say that I would own one when I am older, but I think I’ll have to bank on knowing someone that does or having one wherever I end up working. It is literally one of my favorite places to be, well anywhere near or on the ocean in general but being on a boat is awesome. (Sorry for those of you that get sea sick) Even when it is pouring out and you I am getting soaked, for some reason I still love it. Everything is so unpredictable, you never know what’s coming next or what you are going to see. One of my favorite things is crashing over waves at high speeds, not particularly good for the boat or my knees, but it is fun all the same. :)

We went to go see Robin Hood last night, it was pretty good I suppose. A little slow and really didn’t need to be that long but it was entertaining. They did a good job making it a different story or different view from the classic Robin Hood story and it was well filmed. However, it is definitely one of those movies that I would only be able to watch every once in awhile.

I decided I am going to head into the city tomorrow for the day and wander around. First I was going to go just to shop for some clothes at the mall, seeing that I have been wearing the same set of clothes for 3 months already. That and I got rid of several things in New Zealand due to lack of packing space. But I found out tonight that there is a Greek festival this weekend in Brisbane! Literally a 15 minute walk from where I was going to be going anyways. Perfect! Apparently there is also a cool modern art gallery around the area as well. Should turn out to be a good day, just pray that I find my way around and make it back home tomorrow night.

Fun Fact:
Australian’s pronounce the word fillet with the ‘t’ at the end, it throws me off every time. Try saying filleted with the ‘t’, it’s weird. Seriously…try it.