I wish they didn't give homework in Australia

I have finally settled in to a routine over here and it's making it hard for me to remember the exciting things that I have done.  School the last two weeks has been much harder, with papers due and tests upcoming, so I haven't had as much free time as I would of liked.  However, I still have had the chance to see some amazing things, so here we go...

A couple of weekends ago we visited Rottnest (Rotto) Island, where we biked around checking out all the beaches and then camped for the night.  There were some beautiful beaches and the weather was fantastic.  My favourite beach was Salmon Beach, there wasn't much of a surf and the water was clear.  It felt so good to relax after biking for a while.  The water was shallow, which made it ideal for throwing the Waboba ball!  

Another exciting adventure I had took place last night.  It was about 8 pm our time and I wanted to go for a run, so I mapped it out on google and it was supposed to be about 6.5 miles, which is pushing it for me, but I wanted to go for it.  I took off and I wasnt having trouble finding my way, I was feeling good and just kept running.  I started to get a little confused when I hadn't found a street I was supposed to turn on, but instead of asking someone, I just kept going.  I started to get more worried when it had been 45 minutes and I still hadnt seen my street, but I didnt want to turn around because I thought that eventually I would find somewhere that looked familiar.  Unfortunately, it took a while, but I finally saw a sign that pointed me in the right direction and then I saw a sign for the Fremantle Hospital and I knew that if I could get there I could find my way home.  I arrived back an hour and 15 minutes after leaving and after mapping my actual run, it ended up being 9.5 miles.  I was so tired and I'm still really sore today.  

Yesterday afternoon a group of us went cliff jumping and it was fantastic.  Once again, the weather was amazing and the water was warm.  The cliffs were about 20 and 35 ft high and it was really fun jumping off both of them.  As the picture shows, I successfully (finally) landed a back flip off the 20 ft cliff, I was pretty nervous, but I wanted to give it a try.  

Today we had an early Easter feast because we are all going to be gone next weekend in Broome!  Everyone helped out and made their favourite recipes and it was great.  There was so much good food and we all had a great time.  It was weird not being home for Easter with my family, but fortunately I was with some pretty awesome company.  

Next week we leave for Broome on Wednesday and we dont get back till the following Monday.  I'm really looking forward to this opportunity to meet some aborigines and learn more about their culture.  I won't be able to blog again until I get back, but I should have some great stories!  Thank you for your prayers and support, you all are the best.

Philip