Maria, Nicole, me, Katie |
On Thursday, had crumpets for brekky, which are like English
muffins but spongier. Really good! Katie and I went with Maria and Ian to the
shops (so weird not going to The Square) and got some wine for a thank you gift
for Murray and Jeanette. We picked three different whites and a nice red. Then
we picked up Nicole from school again, and headed back home to get changed for
a Maitland Bay hike. It was drizzling, but coming from Lismore it was normal to
us. We borrowed their rain jackets and went on the half hour drive to this
gorgeous area that was a lush forest. It was an easy hike going down, and the
paths were all stones or paved which was so different from what we’ve hiked on
the past semester. There was a lookout and through the clouds there was a big
city about 5 kilometers away. I asked where that is, and Murray said it’s
Sydney! How cool is that?! He mentioned how it would take so much less time to
go there by water compared to the 2-3 hours it takes by road.
Sydney in the distance! |
We got down to the water and of course, I ran to feel it. It
was surprisingly warm and inviting, but I resisted the urge I had to jump in.
We walked along the unique coffee-swirled rocks and learned about the vertical
plates from Ian. Again, it’s so fun to travel with smart people who know
things…I love learning as I go with them!
After a while just watching the force of the waves crash up
on the rocks, we took a long walk along the beach and learned about the
shipwreck that happened off that shore. Murray saw a fin of some sort in the
water and I got so excited that I could finally see a shark in nature, but it
never surfaced again unfortunately. We headed back up the path, which was all
uphill from that point. It was surprisingly easy, and I figured that must be
from walking up the campus hill to Orion twice or three times a day.
That night we ordered pizza: Hawaiian (my favorite), the
works (with anchovies and all), and meat lovers. It was a true family night, as
we sat around talking in the living room as we enjoyed the pizza. We were lucky
enough to have Murray show us a slideshow of his professional photography. He
is the guy on the sidelines of professional sporting events, from rugby,
soccer, biking, swimming, volleyball, race cars, and so on. The pictures were
incredible, as he is extremely talented. He’s done a whole African safari
series of pictures and is now an author of his very own book of photographs.
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