So what has happened since I last wrote???
I celebrated my 30th birthday. It was not a huge to do by any means, as I did not have the family and friends to celebrate with; I did however have my really good Aussie buddy (mate) Brett with me to open and drink a bottle of champagne on the beach at 12:01am on November 10th to start my 30th year off right. Standing in the warm ocean in a t-shirt and shorts was a first for my birthday as it usually involves either snow or cold rain or is just plain cold. With a few hours sleep a commenced the day with lunch at a nice restaurant in Broadbeach with some Aussie mates and just hung around for the afternoon. I had a great dinner and then headed to my favorite watering hole, the beach house; where the manager bought me a few pints and I played the pokies (slots) and won $40.00. The night was capped off the way it started, back on the beach with one last bottle of champagne. All in all I would say a great way to start decade number three.
I have been working approximately 60 – 70 hours a week since just after my birthday. It has been a combination of photography and security for what they call “Schoolies Week” (which lasts 3 weeks). For those of you that don’t speak Aussie, that is school leavers holiday weeks. (Most things here are shortened and “ie” added to the end… please note the following, a) chick parmy, b) uni, c) bikies, d) truckies, e) chewy, f) footy,
g) mackers, h) boardies, i) mozzies. The answers will be at the end of the post, see how many you get right. The list goes on and so will the quizzes so keep looking and see how you’d fair in a conversation in Australia.)
Back to the working, I have been going around during the day and evenings taking pictures of the little darlings (17-18 year olds getting hammered 24 – 7). My uniform is an orange golf shirt with schoolies.com written across the back which has been all my wardrobe has consisted of since the beginning of November. Save for the times I had been dressed all in black and posted in the lobby of a hotel/apartment complex making sure the children get home safe. I will tell you that it has been an interesting few weeks, the guys getting hammered, the girls are dressed up with boobs to spare. The guys chant “tits out for the boys”, the girls look disgusted and want nothing to do with the drunk charmers until they are just as drunk. And they all seem to get laid.
I never want to see another orange shirt or get jolted out of my bed with the yelps of the drunken aussie-minor again. However…. I own a few orange shirts and the endangered yet still abundant “schoolie” shows no signs of becoming a memory just yet.
I have had fun, as a member of the “media” my pass has gotten me a few free treats like Redbulls and pizza as well as getting me inside events such as the Redbull skate and bike ramp show on the beach, where I was positioned damn near on the ramp. I got some really great and cool shots for the website and my portfolio.
So my title was incorrect, there has been excitement. Until next time here are the answers…
a) Chicken Parmigiana
b) University
c) Bikers
d) Truck Drivers
e) Gum
f) Rugby
g) McDonalds
h) Swimming Shorts
i) Mosquito’s
How many did you get? There will be another Aussie to English quiz coming soon.
RedBull Photo’s……
