Day 85 (LaTrobe University) - Bendigo, Victoria Australia Interesting: While watching the idiot box today there was an ad for the Australian Air Force. The ad consisted basically of soldiers stating what they do and how cool it is (typical military advertisement). At the end, the camera went inside the cockpit of a fighter jet flying and you heard the pilot say, "I trained American Air Force pilots." Once again I didn't know how to respond to this.I ...

Murray River Day 3 - back in Bendigo, Victoria Last night sucked. When you're outdoors and on these trips you usually go to bed early, like at 8 or 9 o'clock. When the sun goes down at 6 there's really nothing to do, and if you actually did something that day, then you're pretty tired anyway. We all went to bed at probably 9 o'clock and were in high spirits, as the weather was still - all cuddled together under this tarp being held down by a tree and a few can...

Murray River Day 2 - somewhere on the Murray River, Victoria Last night's sleep was okay. Still woke up continually throughout the night. I always seem to get the best sleep in the morning before it's time to wakeup. Paddled with Jack today, giving up my solo canoe. We like to play these games to see if we can canoe between really narrow logs/branches/obstacles. Most of the time we make it, but we did get stuck pretty bad three times were it was king of awkwar...

Murray River Day 1 - somewhere on the Murray River, Victoria I am not happy about this trip. This was supposed to be my weekend off - the first since I started Uni and the last until June. But no. I figured out that my OLATS paddle trip for next weekend is at the same as Safety's First Aid course training. I was hoping to just skip the paddle trip, but after much pleading Munge wouldn't let me. So yesterday at 4pm he told me that I had to go on this week's pad...

Alps Day 3 (LaTrobe University) - Bendigo, Victoria Australia SOOOOOoooooo tried. Every part of my body aches - places I didn't even know existed. I have a glimpse of what it's like to be old… My eyes can barely stay open, just wanting to shut. Got back to Bendigo at 7:30pm-ish. Last night was probably the best sleep I have had outdoors, it wasn't great, but I'll take it. Amelia, Gabby, and I, all fly partners, had a nice setup on the side of the hill with...