So apart from all the hard working at Petra there was plenty of other things that filled up 3 week...
Making new friends
Hanging out with Mia's friends was fun. I became quite close to Emma as well which was nice. Emma is 21 and has just finished studying Interior Design at uni. For her final project she designed the interior for a new cafe which is soon to be opening and while I was there the furniture and fittings etc were all falling in to place which was pretty exciting for her to see all happen. She's going travelling to Canada this year and I'm trying to persuade her to pop in to London as well. So as well as Emma we hung out with Emily, Alisha and Ingrid, Darcy, Camisha and others that I've probably forgotten. Sorry if I have! And also a load of the lifeguards that were there for the summer and are from cornwall. And then there was Shelley. I didn't expect to get so close to Mia's mum but did. She's a great lady and we had lots of chats and giggles together :) And of course there was Charlie. Charlie the gorgeous little fluffy part of the family (Charlie is a dog). I'm not that in to my cats or dogs, although at a choice I'd go with dogs, but Charlie is the nicest dog I've ever met I think. And much to Shelley's dismay, he does a great play dead trick that Mia taught him. Sorry Shelley I know you don't like it but I was well impressed when Mia showed me that!
Morning walking
I decided enough was enough and it was time to get rid of the muffing sides, so started getting up early doors and go walking with Shelley. We did an hour every morning. Didn't feel like much of a chore though as the views were lovely, walking by the beach each morning!
Wine bar/The pub/Pizza night!
The places to drink and eat! (when I wasn't working!)
Jumping off bridges/rocks
All the girls who have grown up in Dunsborough are crazed nutters. They swim out to big rocks and jump off them for fun. One day we went out to 'bombie rock' but I couldn't quite bring myself to do it so stayed and took pics! And another day we went to canal bridge and I was ordered to jump or we wouldn't go home. So I HAD to do it. It's just the height thing. I know I've jumped 14,000 ft out a plane (had to just remind you of that one) but this is different. There's loads of water crashing against rocks and stuff and once you're in the current takes you off somewhere. But anyway I did it. Twice. I did say i'd do 'bombie' rock before I left but didn't quite get round to it!
Date with Dylan
So I was in a queue of the wine bar one night and started chatting to Dylan. Actually I think he started chatting to me... we didn't end up getting in to the wine bar as it was too packed so went on to another bar I can't remember the name of now and had a nice evening chatting. So then went out a couple more times. Oh and played pool. I used my pool shark game. And I beat you as well didn't I haha. I'm not sure that blokes are too happy losing to a girl. But it was because he sunk the black so it doesn't really count as a true win I don't think. Hope that makes you feel better :)
Midnight dip in the ocean
Again - crazed nutters. Do they not realise there are sharks???? And there's been more shark attacks in WA as well this year. But I got laughed at for bringing up my shark concerns. It was a full moon so we went off for a midnight dip. It was really cool actually.
My tour guide Mia
Mia took me out for a day of being a tour guide. We went to the Cape Naturiste lighthouse, built in 1903. I won't go in to the facts and figures of it all but the view was great and it was well windy. She also took me around to see a bunch of rocks and gets annoyed that I don't remember the names of them. Bear's rock, Sugar reef, BIG rock. HAAHAHA. There. I remembered. Unless there was 7 more that I forgot. Big rock was near where Mia used to live. We climbed to the top and observed even more gorgeous views, and showed me where they used to play as kids.
A day of babaysitting
We landed a day's job of babysitting a couple of lovely kids who Mia knows. We went to the beach and buried ourselves as mermaids. I don't think I've been buried in the sand since I was about 7 yrs old. It's pretty relaxing!!! And then we chilled out, watched a film and made some scones. Mia apparently doesn't like other people having jobs so did alot of it herself haha.
Beaches upon beaches
The beaches really are stunning there. And there's loads to choose from. A favourite was Yallingup. The sand was good, the water was crystal, and the flies were quite minimal compared to other places. Bonus. So most mornings when everyone was free, we would be down on the beach by about 10am and stay til midday. The afternoon heat was too much so we'd go elsewhere then and then maybe re-convene in the evening when it was cooler again. Cooler being about 25 degrees by the way. In the evening.
On the boat
Mia's dad has a boat so one evening we went out on it. Fun times. The engine was a bit poorly though so we had to go in a bit early but it was still cool.
Shelley's party
Shelley threw a great party one weekend. it was a great success with loads of people coming along and good food whihc I'll be getting recipes off Shelley for!!
Drive in cinema
I thought these only existed in films haha. But they don't. One night we went to a drive in, bedded up the boot of the car and cosied down for 4 hrs whilst we watched two films back to back. They should definitely sort something like it out in UK. Ok ok maybe when it stops snowing...
Mcleoud's Daughters
It's the best soap around and Mia got me hooked. It's cheesier than any british soaps we've got and it's awesome. The first one I watched I remember thinking 'this is sooo bad' but then Mia got out the boxset. GOOD!
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