Christmas Spirit

 

I’ve been having quite a Christmassy weekend. On Friday we went to Audrey’s to make a gingerbread house. It’s amazing.

We used the BBC Good Food recipe.

I love it. It was too pretty to eat though so we haven’t actually had any. We did eat some of the leftovers though and they were tasty :).

We got a little impatient with waiting for all the icing to set though so ended up having a first failed attempt at putting the roof on. It all worked out in the end though :). We just had to watch a little Children in Need first.

I’ve also been wrapping presents this weekend.

And then I made them into a display to make my room Christmassy…

I feel like I have to get Christmassy now or I’ll miss out on it in the panic of exams.

And as my last Christmas looked like this…

…I kind of feel like I haven’t had a proper Christmas in 2 years.

So I’m making the most of it!

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Missing the Summer Sun

This time last year I was finishing exams and planning my travels to all of these amazing places.

Cairns

Where the fun began

North QLD

Flying through the treetops and chilling on the beach in Cape Tribulation

 

Josephine Falls with its natural rock slide!

Another Amazing Beach

Eungella National Park

where I saw a real, wild platypus!

Capricorn Caverns

 

Emu Park with actual wild emus

Tin Can Bay

That’s me feeding a dolphin!

Noosa

And that was just up until Christmas! I can’t help but think my life was better then. When I finish uni I need to go somewhere hot, fast!

I keep seeing pictures from my friends who are still in Australia and they are making me so jealous. I need some summer sun! My skin has got far too pale :s .

The most exciting place I’m going anytime soon is Glasgow. Although I am quite excited as I am going on an actual ‘work trip’ to meet my new boss for the internship. It makes me feel important. Also I can go Christmas shopping there :D

It’s not all bad

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There’s No Going Back

Today my Australian visa officially expires. It is the end of an era.

No more of any of this.

Brisbane

Pranking Housemates

Cute Australian Animals

Fraser Island

Blue Skies

Living in a Campervan

Exploring Caves

Paddling

 

Crazy Nights Out

Turning into Sleepy Mornings

Or Chilling With Kangaroos

 

I miss it loads.

I want to go back. I’m not keen on having to do my final year. It scares me. And I don’t know what to do next either. I took the entrance exam for medicine yesterday. It went okay. I’m not even sure if I want to be doing that though.

My plan is to apply for everything and see what I get into….and hopefully by then I’ll know what I want.

That’s the plan anyway.

Happy Visa Expiring Day

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Missing

The Australian Winter

Yes that is winter.

I wish the English summer would look a little more like that and less like this.

Too much grey.

I’m also craving one of these

I wish 711 would come to the UK. These are so much better than slush puppies.

Yesterday I was working in the pub and I asked someone if they had a good day. Their reply was “I never have a good day”.

I miss those happy Ozzies.

And really all that was wrong with his day seemed to be that he was having his kitchen done (surely a good thing) and a lamp he ordered had not arrived.

I don’t understand people who are automatically grumpy.

They clearly need more things like these in their lives.

Dogs that look like teddy bears

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Drink Driving Cows

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And a Room Full of Balloons

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Hello

I’ve decided to start a new blog as A year in Australia isn’t exactly relevant now that I’m home. I started that blog when I moved to Australia for a year on a student exchange and was surprised how I was actually able to keep up with it. I’ve never been good at keeping a diary but always liked the idea of keeping a record of my life.So this is it.

My Happy Adventures.

I’m not too sure how often I will be updating this. Probably only when I do something interesting or find something interesting. We will see.
But, here is a lovely story to start with. So nice. Made me want to go whale watching again!

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