Well, its been an eventful few weeks. I went back to Orpheus island to do some of my own research which involved catching gobies. I went with a Liverpudlian Phd student called Matt and we both confessed to having more of a laugh then we expected. This is mainly because sorting out the logistics beforehand gave me rage so Matt was expecting someone difficult to work with but of course I was a delight, fooling around on the boat and doing dances about cake. A goby is a small, gormless looking bottom-dwelling fish and Matt and I had to catch over [View Full Entry]

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Man, I really should write this more often. I mean to, I write reminders everywhere and try to make mental notes that I immediately forget, berating myself for writing a boring blog because I can’t remember what I did since I last wrote. Anyway, I left you on Orpheus island, the James Cook Uni research station on the Great Barrier Reef. Not a bad place to study. I think it’s a cunning ruse at it’s the only way they are going to get us to do statistics. Well, we learnt the stats in a classroom then went there to count fish [View Full Entry]

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Hi all, Sorry I have not written for so long. I have been busy. No excuse I know, you’re all busy. And sorry to the family and Fi who have seen me or spoken to me so know most of this anyway. Please send this to other family and friends as some people have said they have not received it. If you send the link they should be able to see the pics as well. So I now have transport and a job. Only a ‘to get me through uni’ care job not a ‘the reason I moved over here’ one. [View Full Entry]

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Ahh, the wonders of technology. I am sitting next to my housemate Tom who is video calling with his sisters in London. He has given them a tour of the flat and they are drunkenly giggling over the laptop. Anyway, I am fine, uni is fine. I feel a bit out of my depth but its only been 2 weeks so . Am looking for a job and generally having a giggle with Adrian & Tom which is great. I expect our paths will diverge when Tom gets paid as him and Adrian will be able to reap the rewards of [View Full Entry]

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Well, a lot has happened since I last wrote. Which is why I have not had time to write and I have forgotten a lot of it as my brain has to process a lot of new information all of the time. Coming back to uni over 8 years after graduating is frickin’ challenging. Forget that the lectures may as well be talking in another language (don’t worry Dad I am getting the hang of it) you have to learn about the computers, the library, the layout and the Krypton factor challenge that is getting onto the JCU dive register. Diving [View Full Entry]

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Hi all, I know this is a travel blog and I am not actually moving anywhere buts its the easiest way to keep you all updated as not everyone has facebook. I'll put a link on my facebook page if I remember. I am writing this on my laptop when I feel like so the rambling times might not spot on until I am connected to JCUs wireless network (thats the uni) So..... Hi there, Feel free to delete these if my ramblings bore you. Anyone who has experienced written or verbal communication with me knows it’s a stream of conciousness. [View Full Entry]

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