A weekend on the water

Another great weekend has been and gone. This time I was lucky enough to visit the beauty that is Stradbrooke Island, our transport being a jet ski.

So my friend Tom lives on the water. Literally, his house is basically on the water. Of course that means you have to own a jet ski as well as boat, or like some of the residents there, five boats. A few of us went out on the jet ski and travelled across to South Stradbrooke. Words can't describe how amazing it is! It is un touched, un polluted, perfect stretches of sand.

The picture doesn't even do it justice because it was taken on a blackberry (shitberry).

I've never seen sand so white in my life, it almost looked fake. The sea wrapped around the island and greenery filled up the edges of the land. In the distance you could see the built up Gold Coast, but apart from that I felt as if I was part of the film Castaway or The Island. I didn't think the locations you see in films could ever compare to real life but this topped it. I found this little guy wondering around in the sand too:

After that I ventured out to Surfer's Paradise and experienced my first night out there. I've been warned many times about this place and so was fully prepared for the seediness of the club strip. It didn't bother me at all though. Anywhere where there is a strip of cheap clubs you're going to find cheap things and people. But, to be honest, I thought there were a good crowd of people and didn't find any trouble. It was a good night out which ended with me being piggy backed home and having a domestic with a man from Bali who got too big for his boots. Standard.

I'm back at Griffith now and of course I walked into a flat which hasn't been cleaned one tiny bit since I left. It's gross. No one wants to take responsibility and empty the bins or do their washing up. I'm certainly not doing it again that's for sure.

I'm into the second week of my job now and already I'm feeling the 'I don't want a job attitude'. It's stupid because it's so convenient and the hours are perfect but it's always a drag to work. But it'll be worth it when I'm diving in Cairns in 3 weeks! So I've got to suck it up and get on with it. 

Got to go treat this bugger of a mozzie bite, it's killing!