Marion Bay

What an absolutely fantastic weekend!  I've been in Adelaide for about four and a half months and haven't really gotten the chance to leave the city until now.  Liam's family owns a beach house at Marion Bay, a town that feels very similar to Pacific City, about three hours drive from Adelaide, and invited me to come hang out for the long Easter weekend.

Very early Friday morning, Liam and buddy Kieran picked me up and we made our way over to the tip of the Yorke Peninsula.  After unloading the car, we drove around Innes National Park, taking in some amazing views of the coast and occasionally getting out to walk around the beaches.  During the drive, I saw my first wild kangaroos and emus. 

Seal

After some lunch and more sightseeing, we met up with 2 others and had a little beach time, Frisbee and all. 

When the sunburns were starting to develop, we all went back to the house and had a delicious barbecue followed by a few adult beverages whilst playing games.

So good

The next day we went back into the park to explore some more areas.  

Later that night, we headed to the local pub in Marion Bay and watched the Adelaide Crow's first AFL game of the season.  At the pub, a girl came up to Liam (who was wearing a CSU jumper) and told us she was from Boulder, Colorado and went to CU when she was in school.  Small world.  

Back at the house, I annihilated Kieran and Liam at Foosball followed by more activities.

Cape Spencer Lighthouse

Jetty

Easter morning, Liam cooked us a massive breakfast, we cleaned the house, and headed back to Adelaide. Before getting in the car, Liam found a huntsman spider which I didn't snap a picture of but you should probably look it up if you don't know what they are.

Such a fun and relaxing weekend with great friends and so nice to be able to see more of South Australia.

In other news, it was a bit of a close call but I have a new place to live!  I checked out 2 houses on Sunday last week and really liked the first one.  Lucky for me, I was asked to move in.  The place is in the southeast corner of the city.  It's a shorter walk to work which is nice and very close to the tree lined Hutt street. I'm officially moving in today. This will be the 4th place I've lived in 4 months so I'm really hoping this will be the last move for a while.

That's all for now.  Bye.