Dan In The Land Down Under !

This blog has been created to keep my family and friends informed of my exploites in Australia as I live, work and study for a year in Southport. And yes, drink the occassional beer. "gone troppo" - moved to tropical Australia, or crazy because of drink or heat. hahaha perfect.

Monday, October 30, 2006

Fast cars, end of semeter and summer time.

Hello, so I am now officially done my first semester here in Australia, and am now off for the summer. That’s right summer; I’m still trying to get use to saying summer in November. I am off for 4 whole months classes don’t start again until the end of February… I have no clue what I am going to do with all that time. I have a photography job lined up for the second week in November that will last until the 1st in December after that I am still looking for something part-time, probably retail. So what have I been up to??? Well besides final projects which included an 80% presentation that was a full film pitch and a 50% art installation, a few tests and papers it was Indy week Oct 19th to 22nd. I didn’t get tickets but did sneak in with a friend of mine from school on the Friday we spent 3 hours walking around and watching a few of the races, sport utes, which are basically pickup trucks, V8 super cars and porches. It was pretty damn fun, a couple beers and girl watching and breathing in exhaust. So that has been my past couple weeks the next will probably prove pretty boring but if anything comes up I will let you all know. Take care and Happy Halloween, which they don’t celebrate down here so next year HUGE PARTY!


V8 Super Cars


Porches


Ute's


Picked me up a ride for down here, nothing to flashy or crazy. Hahaha!

Friday, October 06, 2006

WHAT A DAY!!!

Well now, the day started like everyother friday this semester, up at 6 a small breakfast, shower and out the door for 7am to walk down and catch the bus to school for 8am class. But then! I get back my media law paper and I get an 83% but the excitment doesn't stop there; I get a call at 9am from Brett who says to me...
"what you doing today"
I reply,
"I'm just on break from class"
Brett says,
"Dude were going flying"
I reply,
"I'm on the bus"
We hung up and I returned to class where I informed my tutor that I could go flying and she said as long as I bring pictures next week, get going.
I arrived home at 10am and Brett was down stairs by 10:20 and we were off to a little airport outside Brisbane. An hour flight down the coast and back... well here are some pictures....


Our Plane.


Take off.


Coast line.


Surfers Paradise.


Pilot and "co-pilot" safe back on land.

So needless to say AWESOME AWESOME day!!!