Maggie Island

So this past week i had my ecology exam which was actually really difficult but i made it through and im pretty sure i passed. On Wed. i left for maggie island which is 4hrs south of cairns. Unfortunately i was under the impression that it was going to be very luscious and tropical island like, but instead it was really dry and rocky. However, it was still really beautiful and really nice to just get away, especially after studying for that ecology exam. I can honestly say we didn't do much on the island which was the way i wanted it. i was perfectly content not having to do anything and just being lazy. we did find this cool trail that led up to this great peak on top of a boulder. so we trekked up that at sunset.

On Friday we went back into Townsville by ferry and spent the day walking around and we went to see 2012, which was an interesting movie. it was actually more graphic than i had anticipated, but nonetheless it was still entertaining and a good 3hrs spent out of the sun. That night we met up with some friends for dinner and they took us up to Castle Hill which is really more like a mountain that overlooks all of townsville (city on one side and all the suburbs on the other side)


Then we were able to meet up with another friend who had been in Cairns for several weeks earlier but had to finish her classes in Townsville, so it was really great to see her again. we had to get up at 5am to catch a 6:30flight back to cairns which was really quick thankfully. i did more on saturday by lunch than i had done in the past 3 days. Today (Sunday) Steph and i went to the beach and got a little toasted...which showed up later and people at church kept giving us a hard time about. The pastor surprised us when we arrived to church by telling us that he was going to call us up to the front so we can say something about our time in cairns and at the church and then he would pray for our return travels home. As sweet that was we were both not too excited to speak in front of everyone, But in my defense and as a surprise to myself, i didn't freak out like i would have thought i would, i more or less excepted it immediately and started preparing for what i was going to say. Steph on the other hand was really freaking out as she does not like public speaking either and i would probably classify it as more than me, since i can do it, i just dont like it. anyways, it went well and it gave me a chance to publicly thank Kevin and Krys for all the rides they had graciously given us throughout the whole semester. IT really wasn't that big of a deal and im wondering if i thought that because it was kinda sprung on us and i didn't have enough time to worry about it.
in other news, i have this last week left, my mom comes next sunday, and my last exam is friday! Its insane how this semester has come to an end so quickly! i am truly going to miss my cairns family!
I started listening to christmas music today which made me really want to bake cookies but alas i do not yet have the resources to do so yet! but soon enough!