Today was pretty low key. I woke up around 6 and worked on a few things until about 7:30. Since we just got our cabin bikes last night I thought this would be a good time to take ours out for a spin. The views of the lake and the beach were just incredible. Eventually I made it out to the beach with Brian and Brandon and we walked to where the beach ended and back, making us just in time for the nature walk with Phil. This guy knows his stuff. He was telling us what tracks were made by what animal, how old the tracks were, what animals could kill you, what plants could kill you, the plants that could heal you, and so much more.
After the nature walk I came back to my cabin to eat lunch and relax for a bit before I headed to cabin 4 to hang out with Harlan, Brian, and Nick. Nick showed us a book of dangerous Australian animals which kept us entertained for quite some time. After a while we all went to meet up with the other people down at the beach. It was fairly hot so we all played in the water to cool off. After that we walked down the beach in search of the sea turtle nest we were told about yesterday. Unfortunately we weren't able to spot it because none of us has any idea how far out it is.
We had a meeting at 5:30 to go over how to take care of and store our bikes then it was off to the classroom for another meeting. These were slightly more fun however because we were told about the camp facilities we have access to as well as information on surfing and SCUBA diving, both of which I plan to take advantage of while I am here.
Tonight was open mic night at the local pub and since a few of our guys are good singers/guitar players/harmonica players we decided to go and watch them sing a few songs. It also gave us a chance to really interact with some of the locals in the area. We decided to walk back on the beach rather than through town. There were quite a few crabs and I definitely screamed several times, but we all made it back alive. Despite the crabs on the beach the atmosphere is incredible. Our recent catch phrase for the past few days has been, "Guys, we live here." Which absolutely hits the nail on the head. Everything still seams so out of this world that we have to remind ourselves where we really are, paradise.
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| Zach Braddock vocals and guitar |
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| Zach on harmonica and Matt Nichols vocals and guitar |
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| Zach and Matt |
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| Zach and Matt playing with the other people who were there for open mic night. |
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