a new year, a whole lot happening

Pretty soon I really need to sit down and figure out the internals of Wordpress enough to construct my own theme that looks how I would like to format the site. In the mean time I found these decent theme and decided to use it, as it looks like a notepad, and I have been using these pages for some of my notes.

Summer is certainly here in the southern hemisphere. The temperature has exceeded 40 degrees in some parts of Southern Australia and Victoria. Thank god for waterparks. AdventurePark was certainly worth the drive from Melbourne; the cold water showering down in blasts and buckets was not only refreshing, but it was fun as well to splash around.

A quick run down of what I have been up to:

Drove out to the Otway National Park in Victoria.
Camped in Otway National Park near Lake Elizabeth.
Took a early morning (5am yikes!) canoe trip with a guide to see a few platypus in their natural environment.
Drove over 1000 kilometers in a week.
Saw the 12 Apostles, geological structures in the Southern Ocean. (or what is left of them).
Was swarmed by flies at Port Campbell.
Went to St. Kilda Beach and brought an awesome inflatable raft to float around on.
Got a State of Victoria drivers license valid for 10 years.

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