YYYIIIIPEEEEEEEEEE

So I'm back home and at 52kg. That's 6-8kg less than what I was before I went away. I lost more than that before but then I started seeing this boy and he was making dinner every night, got home and my dad happened to be in town too and he made all his oily, ricey (but healthy) delicious dinners and I couldn't resist going back for thirds.

I'm going back to Darwin in a couple of weeks.
I just don't know how to even explain the fun and happiness I had.

The road trip was nothing compared to what happened within the first hour of being in Darwin town.
We went to the pub as soon as we finished driving. Walked in and sitting there was my exes best friend who we originally hung out with in Darwin. Went and sat down with him and his mate and from that point I think we only spent about 20 minutes apart through the next couple of weeks, which was me getting my bags so I could move into his apartment while he was off work.

Everything felt normal again like it did back before when I was first in Darwin. Most of the old group were there and we were drinking everyday and laughing and I had the most beautifully nice, generous boy right there beside me.
He's not really a very attractive boy. He's a boy you wouldn't look twice at, or if it was to look twice at - it was only cos he'd just gotten drunk and pulled out his front teeth that he had kicked in the year earlier.
So anyway, he bought me a ticket back to Darwin in the next couple of weeks so I could hang out with him while he's off work.
There are a couple of things I'm doing wrong.
He's my exes best friend
He has a tank of a g.f who will surely beat the fuck out of me when she gets back in a month
He's started talking about breaking up with his g.f so he can be with me
He's getting his feelings involved in the most cliche shit way people in relationships do when they start being involved with someone else
If I was to be with this boy, it wouldn't work because while he's off in the middle of nowhere working for two weeks at a time - I'd have the urge to play up
...
But I'm really starting to like him. He is just.. wow.
I'm so surprised by how this has happened. He is the last person in the world I thought I'd want to be with.
Him and his friends used to intimidate me so badly that I could barely wave hello at them.


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Anyway, my trip was fantastic. Here are some photos!!






These aren't in the right order cos I'm just too lazy to change them around..


First up - My new tattoo!! Yiiippppeeeee! This isn't what I originally drew for the tail, but I'm stoked with the outcome. It's also not as big as I wanted but whatevs. Gonna get it added too eventually.

Roadkill beef jerky. It actually was a ring burner. How good is beef jerky?! Takes forever to eat and hardly any calories. Yeow!
Watching the rains on the way into Darwin. This was on the last stretch.. This place looks so populated compared to what we'd already done and there's still no one around!

Devils Marbles. This was on the way between Alice Springs and Darwin.
These rocks were amazing - apparently it was just a big lava thing that's spewed up thousands and thousands of years ago and over time the rocks have eroded in the strangest ways. Big giant rocks just barely resting, balanced on top of tiny, tiny rocks.



Found a big Aboriginal woman and her child. Her husband sits upon the mountain overlooking this tiny little town. It's awesome to see.

Third rest stop we stayed at, I think. This was just outside of Alice Springs in the middle of nowhere. When we woke up, we found a bull at our door. Haha.

The colours were just amazing at this place. The colours you see in these photos haven't been manipulated but they hardly do justice to the beautiful colours we actually saw.

My friend got smashed in Ayers Rock the night we were there.. We went to look at "The Olgas" She made it halfway up the scenic path, which only lasted for 100metres - turned around and heaved up every bit of bile she could. Here's a bit here =)

"The Olgas"


Some pretty desert flowers

Ayers Rock - Uluru.
It's amazing to see it. Every tiny turn you do on this rock, you see a completely different side to it. I could see faces and animals, elephants mostly, in the side of this rock. There were streams and trees just growing in the side of it. The enormity of this rock is just overwhelming.


This was the trail people climb to go up the rock - it's closed off for most of the year, but I wouldn't even attempt it. It's just some metal rods in the ground with a chain going up. Climbing this would be so scary!

Ayers Rock from the car.


This is where we stayed while we were in Adelaide. View of Brighton Beach, I think it was.

Adelaide station from my hotel room.

Sunset at the first rest stop we stayed at. This was the scariest place. Right in the thick of the SA outback. During the night a bunch of hoons came past and were doing burnouts around our van. I thought I was gonna be murdered and cut into pieces that night.


Pink Lake outside of Adelaide. This just stretches on forever.. and the pink is so vibrant! I have a feeling it's the red earth mixed with the salt in these massive salt lakes. Gives off the pink colour. It's beautiful to see.

Stoping at a roadhouse. Taking gay pictures.



Best feeling in the world seeing the border between SA and N.T.


Randoms from different places.


I tried to take a photo of the colours of these sand dunes as the car was racing by. These reds in the earth were like.. the most vibrant thing I've ever seen. I wish I could have taken a good picture of it. I need a better camera.


Emoo at Curtin Springs.

We accidently killed hundreds of finches as we were driving. They fly in groups of about 30. At one point they'll be sitting on the side of the road out of danger and then suddenly they'll fly into the car like a mass suicide or something. Me and my friend were pulling them out of the grill.


Just a tree ^^ =)