Well I have finally made it back to Sydney after two weeks of utter debauchery on the beautiful Australian coast. Let me tell you, it is tough getting back to uni life after a two week holiday, I am struggling. It has hit me that for the next 5 weeks until exams I have to do work, very depressing.

It all started in Airlie Beach, the one fateful night I spent on land. I went to the bar around 9, just in time for happy hour. Now happy hour led into 2 for 1 drinks at 10:30, by which time I felt very happy. The 2 for 1 drinks were probably not necessary at this point but who am I to turn down a bargain? Needless to say that night was interesting, I met a bunch of random Canadians which is always good fun. The next day I was off for 3 days and 2 nights of sailing around the Whitsunday Islands. It was awesome, I got to sleep on the boat, and the days were pretty much a cycle of lie on the deck, sail, snorkel, lie on the deck, and repeat.

My next stop was Brisbane which was pretty good as well. The city itself wasn't too exciting but had some good crazy nights on the town. From there I went up to Surfer's Paradise which looks exactly like the start of CSI Miami when they show the beach. There is a long stretch of beach, a road right near it, and condos and apartments everywhere you look. After Surfer's I went to Moreton Island for a 4WD adventure tour. The island is made of sand so we went sand surfing and sand toboganning which is very dangerous. They sent 10 of us down in a row which was a terrible idea. I had a front row seat as one of the guys got drilled by a girl on her sand toboggin. Poor guy sprained his shoulder and fractured his finger. Then a girl fainted and some other guy sliced open his foot and I had to carry him back to our truck. I was talking to the tour operator and it sounds like this injuries are quite common, I can't believe they can still run this things. I managed to escape the day with some sore ribs and shoulder, shocking considering what I was doing.

After that I headed to Tweed Heads to meet up with Robin, a friend I met on the plane over to Australia and we travelled to Bryon Bay together. We did some sea kayaking and some lying on the beach, and some bar hopping. Best bar would have to be Cheeky Monkey's where I ended up on stage with minimal clothing, and came away with the grand prize of a 4 day diving course. I couldn't do the course because I had to leave, but I was able to score a sweet t-shirt, well worth it I think!

Now I am back at uni, not totally hating my life but not quite liking it as much as during my vacation. Oh well, I suppose I can't live like a bum the whole time I am here can I?

We finally got some new recruits for touch footy, Captain Iron Mike now has 2 wins under his belt. We are just hitting form, hopefully we can make a late push towards the playoffs!