Sorry its been almost a week since I posted last, this week has been kinda crazy. Last Friday started off our first break here, Easter Break, and I was supposed to go on a camping trip for the weekend, but it ended up not working out because a huge rainstorm came through. All of my roommates had already planned to go to Melbourne for the weekend, so I’ve been here in the house pretty much by myself. Some of our other friends were here this weekend, so I wasn’t completely alone, but I used this weekend to get really good at surfing. (Really good is a pretty loosely defined word here, although a guy told me a while back that short boards are for people who have been surfing for at least 3 years, and thats all I’ve had to practice on, and I can actually ride it pretty well. I was happy about that.)
Basically everyday has been the same, rain or shine. I’ll get up around 10, eat breakfast, and go surfing for a couple of hours. Oh, and its a great way to meet locals. After the salt burn on my stomach gets to painful, Ill bring it in, eat a late lunch, and then usually go spearfishing in the afternoon. Im not horrible at that either. I’ve been catching fish all weekend in hopes that when my roommates get back, we can have a fish bbq. In fact, a couple of guys are on their way over right now to go spearfishing. It’s such a rush! Its more like hunting than fishing. You have to sneak up on the fish, which is really hard considering I cant hold my breath for very long. When you see a fish from the surface, you move back a bit and try to come up on top of the fish from behind a rock or reef. Im pretty used to cleaning the fish now too. I thought it would bother me a lot more than it does, since I used to be so squeamish as a kid, but it doesn’t really gross me out at all to slice out the entire underside of the fish and pour the guts out into a bag. Its actually kinda cool because you can see all the organs and stuff and see how they are all linked together.
So now I’ve got to go get ready to get some more fish for the bbq. I’ll do my best to post more often. Also, I’m going to put up some new pics now.
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I’m glad that your getting a break from classes, although I’m sure your semester has been more fun than mine. Spearfishing does sound really cool, although I don’t know how well I would handle cleaning them. Miss you lots!!!
happy hunting : )