How you going? This job sure is hard yakka! I hope the tucker's good.

Again, sorry, sorry, sorry for the late updates. I swear, on the days I don't have anything going on, I don't think it's worth updating. Then the next thing I know, I'm so busy that I don't have time to even sit down and type out a sentence. When I do have time to write an entry, I don't have time to finish it and blogger just deletes my draft if I don't post it. It sucks because I've technically written three entries, and they've all been deleted by the stupid site refreshing itself. Blogger totally doesn't save my drafts automatically. What lies.

Anyway, I've included three Aussie terms to make up for the three entries. Just a warning, this is going to be a stream-of-consciousness entry because I'm running short on time.

"How you going?" Aussie slang for "What's up?" or "How are you?" I was first exposed to this phrase by a grocery clerk. My response was, "Um, by... tram...?" Needless to say, it was the wrong response.

"Hard yakka" means "hard work." Yakka is an Aboriginal term. Ex: "It's hard yakka digging an echidna out once it has burrowed into the ground," (taken from my Wildlife bio professor).

"Tucker" means food. "How's the tucker?" "Delicious!!"

Oh man, so much has happened and I absolutely ran out of time to post entries (sorry, Carol!) Even now, I'm on Easter Break (Aussie equivalent of Spring Break) in Brissy (Brisbane) and furiously typing out an entry in the internet cafe. Easter Break has been going well so far, with the minor detail that Fraser Island is now scrapped. :( To get to Rainbow Beach, a location near Fraser, it's $68 by train. I'm willing to drop that much money, but my travelling partners can't afford it. I may have to go there on my own some other time. I AM DETERMINED TO SEE WILD DINGOES!

Despite the minor mishap, I love Queensland and am currently staying at a friend's house. Brissy is seriously like Hawaii but more wild. There's giant spiders, wild turkeys and tropical birds everywhere. Apparently, geckos get into my friend's house. I'll try to take pictures of them. I love the weather, it's so warm! If I could move here, I totally would. Oh, and I also spent two days on Moreton Island and got eaten alive by mosquitoes. Crap got to go, will update again relatively soon.