Time for an update, I suppose! From Sunday to Wednesday I was in Urunga, just south of Coffs Harbour. I had an awesome time, except for the fact that I bought three train tickets between Sydney and Urunga, but only used one (missed the first one, caught the second, and the third was replaced by Mum’s car). It was great to catch up with Mum and Cal, neither of whom I’ve seen recently.

Probably the highlight of the trip was our boat trip out on the river. We hired this dorky little boat with a pergola on top and a tiny little engine, and ended up have the time of our lives. Burnouts, doughies, slaloms… You name it, the boat did it! With Cal or I driving, of course. We eventually convinced Mum to do a doughie, but she was so embarrassed about it she only went around once. Loved it, though! We also parked it on a beach to eat lunch, and then ended up sitting in the boat to eat, as opposed to on the beach. Ironic? Maybe so!

I can’t remember too many more details… I read a fair bit, and am currently loving Portrait in Sepia by Isobel Allende. I also made friends with a baby on the train. Well, kind of… You know… They look at you, you smile, they smile, you smile more, they smile more, you smile even more, they smile even more, etc. Smile and repeat.

Mum and Cal were going to go back down the New England highway, but decided at the last minute to go back through Sydney, taking me with them (and staying the night in my apartment). This worked out well… Cal and I drove back (me through peak hour Sydney!) and then that night me, Cal and Steve went for a random drive around the eastern suburbs. Apparently Sydney is very hard to navigate without a map (I refused to let Steve get the map out, as it was much more exciting trying to find our way without it).

I think that’s it… Been working a fair bit since I got home, and probably will do some overtime on the weekend, which shall be interesting! I am really excited about my violin coming, except it will probably take quite a while… Oh well. I’m also excited because Dad is getting me some sweet Sennheiser HD-255 headphones for my birthday, which is next week. Oh yeah, and I keep meaning to organise something for that… Dinner + movie or something, I guess. Invite yourself if you wish (with my knowledge, preferably).

Also, did I ever get around to blagging about our APEC Road Trip? I’ll write something about it soon, along with links to photos, videos, and a map! When I get it done, that is. In fact, that’s right, the reason for the lack of a post about it is the fault of Google Maps. Dammit! Lol.

One last thing: I am currently completely obsessed with Belle and Sebastian. My currently playlist for last night and this morning has been Seeing Other People and Piazza, New York Catcher over and over again. How can you ever get sick of these songs? They are so totally awesome you do not need any other music in the world. Except for some occassional Ben Lee, who I am going to see later in October. YES!