PENLESS

hello everybody!
i came to the internet with very honourable and studious intentions of finally figuring out what classes i need to register for...
but alas, i didn't bring a pen
so that idea died

and so i am updating my blog! where to begin... ahhh yes....

at the start

so i have been here in perth for about ten days now and it has been pretty crazy. i took over the rez room next door to my brother and it felt really weird to be back in a place like that... but with no studying to do and no laptop on my desk... and considerably less stuff than there has ever been in my room before.

we have done all kinds of things since i got here
we rented a car with some of andrew's friends and drove up north to see "the Pinnacles" which are these hundreds of rock formations that just stick straight up out of the sandy desert. and its pretty neat. but also very not G rated if you know what i mean (imagine 7 foot tall rock cylinders sticking straight up everywhere and looking like... ummm... yeah)

so that was cool. then we went to a fast food place for dinner called "nando's" and holy moly they have the best veggie burgers in the whole universe

then the next day i went with a couple of andrew's friends to a national park and we saw a whole bunch of kangaroos hopping around and some koala bears up high sleeping in trees. holy moly koala bears are cute as they unconciously cling for dear life to swaying trees.

the next day andrew took me around to see all of the beaches that he surfs and hangs out at. the coast line here is just one big huge long white sandy beach and its gorgeous. and we saw this sunset that lasted about an hour and it was cool.

ummm also one day i explored a sortof suburb area just outside of perth on the coast called Freemantle... except that basically i was having a Stupid Alie Day and so instead of exploring i just spent three hours getting lost over and over again. but it was cool anyways.

then another day, andrew and i went exploring around King's Park (this huge awesome park between downtown perth and UWA) and downtown perth.

and another day we went to visit some of our parent's friends who have a summer house place in Mandurah (a town south of Perth) and instead of a backyard, their house has a boat and a river and the river is connected to this entire river circuit thing and then out into the ocean. so we all got on their boat and they drove us (IN THE BOAT!) into town and parked the boat and we went out for lunch... it was pretty neat. i wish i had a boat and a river and an ocean in my back yard.

then another day andrew and i drove south and went camping at Margaret River. it is a super cool surfer town that is very pretty. and we went to a couple wineries and a chocolate factory and a bunch of different Subways.

then another day we took a ferry over to Rottnest Island..... which is a really hard place to explain... it's like a holiday/resort island that is all run by the same company basically (The Rottnest Island Authority) and it is basically its own little universe. there are roads on the island but the only vehicles are official ones (like, a shuttle bus, a tour bus, a police jeep, and a delivery van - you can't take your own car over). and there is a little grocery store, and a little cafe and a little Subway and a little gift shop. and there is a hostel and a couple up scale hotels/lodges and then a million cabins that you can rent out. and andrew was there with his friends back on a weekend in the summer and he said that the entire island was full and totally booked up. but when we were there, there was only like two other people... and it was so creepy and haunted! but also very gorgeous during the day. we rented bikes and rode around the entire island, and went swimming in the Indian Ocean and it was all white sand and turquoisey water and so so pretty. and at night these animals called Quokkas come out and basically take over the entire island. and they look like huge giant rats. except their faces are pretty cute and their tails are like a foot long and an inch thick. and they hop around like mini kangaroos. and they are just so weird. but also kinda cute.
anyways

other than that... i have spent a lot of time on the internet (cause i can log in as andrew, and so it's free!), a lot of time wandering around, and a lot of time planning the rest of my trip.

in answer to sparkle's question: i will be back in canada on July 28th! YEY! so soon! ... shit i can't wait. i know it is silly, but actually i am pretty ready to get home. but these next five weeks will go by quickly i'm sure. so anyways, i'll be in victoria searching for a house/apartment for a couple days, then i get back to ontario on the first of august and i'll go up to the cottage with the cousins, and then i think i get back to kingston around like the 4th or the 6th of august. YAHOO! .... seriously... i'm actually pretty stoked.

but before then, there is much to be done and lots to explore.

tomorrow i fly to melbourne and i'll be there for a few days, then i go to sydney for a couple days, then ANDY COMES!!! YAHOO!!! and we are gonna rent a van and drive to brisbane. and then andy leaves (not so yahoo) and then i will explore from brisbane up to cairns on my own (and hopefully meat up with some friends along the way, including MIM!), then back down to brisbane to fly home!

so anyways
thats basically it
i'm pretty tired... and i still have to go find a pen and figure out all my classes
... so i should go...
blaaah

SEE YOU ALL SOON!