I wanna take you to the island

Hoo boy, do I have a lot to tell you?

Yes, yes I do.

I can now cross quite a bit off my Australian Bucket list. I saw Koalas:

Hush time, little munchkin.

Wallabies:

Upon seeing it, I was heard to cry "That rabbit's huge!"

A peregrine falcon

Yeah, I'm the fastest animal on earth. What of it?

And a platypus

Which I sadly didn’t manage to photograph (thing was bloody quick).

All of them were in the wild. Not behind bars or nothing.

I also saw a raft (collective noun for the win) of penguins, and sadly photography was forbidden, but I’m such a naughty little thing:

What other animal could pull off that scarf?

Just kidding. But I totally did get a picture of some other fairy penguins:

Four men died smuggling this out.

I also cracked a whip:

Whips and chains fail to excite him.

Saw a sheep shearing:

Milked a cow:

As you can see, I'm pretty experienced with a teat.

And watched a dog herding turkeys:

True Australiana, right there.

I really liked Phillip Island; there was lots to do, it was pretty and easy to traverse, and there was even a nightclub which played music that I liked. I didn't even get to do all there was to do there: I didn't visit the chocolate factory or go on the seal cruise. You can also take helicopter joy rides, and there's twenty percent off until the end of September, so I may be making a return sooner than expected. 

Could do better

So, I'm officially on spring break! Woo! Spring break! I feel like such a frat boy.

So very frat.

These last few days of term have been somewhat uneventful, hence the lack of updates (because I am certainly not one to get hung up on minutiae). But I feel I need to update y'all before I head out this evening. Because, yes, your beloved wizard is heading out on a small trip, to Phillip Island.
If you google it, or if you're Esmond, who happened to be with me when I discovered what was on Phillip Island, you'll know why I'm excited. I'll give you a hint:

Ladies.

Last time, I spectacularly failed to photograph the little blighters, and apparently you're not allowed to take pictures on Phillip Island, but we'll see how we go: you may yet get a snap of a Fairy by mine own hand.
This trip will be taken in the company of messieur Jason, and a bunch of his friends who I've never met. We'll be driving in a car and staying in a hotel together, so this should be interesting at least.


Driving a rental car with a bunch of strangers across a penguin island called Phillip; what could possibly go wrong?

In other news, I went for lunch in the queerspace, which is where the theory session from Tuesday was held, in case you can't put two and two together. It was fine; the conversation was less intellectualised, which was appreciated, but also less focussed, which was not. I got invited to a party, which I don't think I'll be attending, due to a sudden case of the penguins, but it was nice to be invited- the guy even gave me his number (though he gave it to everyone else, lessening the impact).
And finally, although the lunch thing has been the only real news, so more, and secondly, I got a very good mark on my Language, Society and Culture essay, so I'm feeling really smug at the moment.

Smug? Moi?