When The Sun Sleeps

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This morning those dying cat birds didn't bother nearly as much, even though I'm told they were as loud as ever. I hope this means I'm getting used to them! I didn't do anything in the morning which was kinda sad. Hey, actually that's not true: I did some errands.

I went into Bush Court to get some cash, put more money on my SmartRider card (for the buses and trains), bought some stamps, met my Clark friend Justine (who was here last semester) for the first time since she's been back, and swung by Paul's office to look for textbooks that previous students have left behind. I only found one for my microbiology class, but it doesn't really matter because I can get everything I need (besides lab manuals I think) in the library.

Us CIEE kids had two meetings: one for all the study abroad students (1-2 semesters at Murdoch) and another with Paul. Even though they were scheduled for two hours total, they weren't too bad. Afterwards, I wandered around Bush Court a bit with some of my mates who needed to get some errands done (nothing terribly exciting nor note worthy).

After getting back to my room, I set into action my plans to get to see the sunset over the Indian ocean. Initially, my plans were to go to Cottesloe Beach again with a few kids, but Jesse wanted to save on the fares and just watch it in Freo (Fremantle). I'm really glad that's what we ended up doing, because we had a great time!

Jesse, Sarin, Sarin's new flatmate Alice (from Tasmania), Amy (Clarkie), and Amy's neighbor Clancy (from SC) and I all took the bus into Freo in the late afternoon. We walked from the station to the nearby harbor, where Amy wanted to get a drink. I'm glad she suggested it, because the little seafood place we went to (which is basically to go) had Rockstar (energy drinks, which I love)! They had one of my favorite flavors. It was 3.90 AUD which is pricey compared to the States, but the cheapest beer they had was (not very good) 6.00 AUD (that's Australian dollars). Furthermore, I was able to greatly appreciate my Rockstar, so I feel like it was a great 3.90 spent (even though laundry is 3.00 a load, but hey, I need to appreciate things in the moment! Speaking of which, I'm trying to stretch loads as much as possible and still haven't done one yet but haven't needed to either, which is great!).

Top picture: Jesse, Clancy, Sarin; Bottom: Sarin (not actually) shoving Jesse into the wata!

After putzing around the docks, we went out to the wharf just beyond the seafood place. We got there about an hour before the sun was due to set (7:13PM today). We hung out on the rocks and had a grand old time! Here are some of my favorite pictures (go ahead and click on them to see them bigger):

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