House Geckos

So...we were sitting watching the OC (okayokay, I know. It was my first time watching it) and then we heard a little scuffle overhead.
We have a really cool two tailed house gecko that lives behing the aircon in our living room that comes out ot say hey sometimes. But some other gecko was trign to hone in on his territory so he apparently like bit the other guys leg and forced him away. So, I ran to grab my camera before they decided to hide again. By the time I got back, the two tailed guy was almost all behind the aircon but i got a sweet pick of what we can now see it about 2.2 tails and a couple pics of the other guy. So here you are, house geckos:

settling in

So, its almost been a week since I arrived and i love it here just as much, probably even more. I've gotten most of my banking stuff figured out ( Westpac here in Aust. is assocated with Scotia so I can assess my money without insane international fees) and got a moblie phone set up and all those other little thingys.
I'm currenty trying to figure out my working visa application and final couse stuff and pretty much just biding my time till the 6th when we go to our Orientation session and get our student cards etc. The next day Sarah and I are booked to bus up to Cairns and stay in a hostel and be total tousits. I am plannignon gettign ym diving certification ASAP (I've been meaning to for toooo long) while we're there so we can dive our butts of on the beautiful Great Barrier Reef - I dream of mine since ever I can remeber!
Anyhow, its still VERY hot and humid here, I dont think my hair has been totally dry since I got here, but I LOVE IT!!!

ps: I defiantely haev tons more pictures once we get back form our trip - Sarah has a casing for her digicam, somethign I definately want to look into.

in the land of oz

soo..i arrived here safe and sound...a couple delays but all flights went well...long but well

i met soem nice people - a nice business man who travellss ALOT who ehlped me figure otu Toronto airport and a nice girl from Wales taking chemistry. No baggage problems...wish i had dressed differently and no matter how hard i try, i ALWAYS get dehydrated when i fly. oh and i havea knack for settign off the alarm at security and thus go patted down alot, but hey...whatever

me with my luggage

mom and i before i leave

anyhow, jamie and sarah ( the other girl from UNBSJ) met me in townsville airport/ very wierd to sit in what woudl be our drivers seat and drive on the other side of the road.

so, it IS quite hot here. Australia's in a huge drough trigh tnow but its been raining here so its right humid.

there are sooooooo many birds everywhere here - lorikeets, curlews, peewees, bug stork-like things, turkeys, doves (if you dont know what they look like google image them or soon i ll hopeful have pictures)....adn they are sooo noisey btu beatiful. there are also these bats in the frount yard that i haevnt seen yet btu make crazy noises

i went to campus yesterday to look around with sarah, jaime, and ryan...beatiful. we found a cacadia shell stuck to a eucalytus tree. apparently there are also frilled lizards, wallabies, dingos and even some ecidnas on campus as well..oh yea!!

view out my bedroom window:

anyhow...i will definately upday mroe later but, i will post more soon..peace

i'm leaving, on a jet plane...

well, air canada commuter i guess...
so its about 2 hours before i head out with my family to the saint john airport to check in for teh first leg of my adventure. i head from there to toronto then to san francisco, sydney, birsbane, and finally townsville. i have all my bags packed, flights confirmed and luggage restrictions triple checked. oh, and a flower for my hair while im in san francisco. so, pray all goes well and i will post some travel pics when i touch down!