Getting wet and wild in the black hole...

Yesterday marked the 3 month anniversary of my time in Australia. It's crazy to think if I didn't have my year long visa I would be on my way home....unless I fancied my chances as an illegal immigrant. I suppose I could have befriended members of the Asian mafia for protection, hiding out in some cupboard under the stairs in a dodgy takeaway. Would be awesome to make an appearance on Border Security and get shipped back home whilst receiving global recognition.

Sharking

Anyway...I was actually meant to spend my day whale watching (insert self criticised fat joke here) but it got cancelled so instead we decided to go to wet and wild for the day. Its a water park just down the Goldie (Gold Coast to you non-locals) and I have an annual pass from my day at Sea World. I personally think 'Wet and Wild' is a pretty poor choice of name for a water park...it just means the paedophiles can get twice as excited about what to expect before getting there. However. it is not a child friendly park and I laughed on several occasions at kids standing on their tip toes next to the rulers before having an emotional breakdown when they get turned away. Why would you even put your child through such public humiliation...unless its being used as a punishment? Some of them werent even close though...one kid was about 20cm short of the height restriction and his mum tried to feed some BS story to the lifeguard about him being a strong swimmer...yeah, thats why he has floatation devices in his rashy?

So wet and So wild...

I personally feel I'm a pretty good person to accompany to a water park...not only would you feel better about your body but my fear of heights is a good laugh on the climb up to a big ride. One downfall of the park was the lack of conveyor belt systems for the tubes...spending your day dragging them up multiple flights of stairs is physically demanding for someone with poor fitness levels like myself. There was also one ride where they actually weighed you to check you were okay to go on it....i was ecstatic at my miraculous 1kg loss in 2 weeks. Whilst at the park, myself and Cailin bumped into some of the other au pairs. 

Always knew I would need a crane to be transported one day but didnt expect it to be so soon...

Things got out of hand and the next thing I knew I was harnessed 50m up in the air listening to some guy named Dave doing a count down to my inevitable death. As I mentioned I have an insane fear of heights so this situation for me was far from ideal. I probably used every curse word under the sun but thankfully Dave's safety procedures were evidently thorough and I can live to tell the tale of my skyrider experience. 

Live, Laugh, Love <3

Moral of the story?

Dont trust your parents or the paedophiles at wet and wild...