June, and the beginning of winter. I arrived last winter in late august, so the seasonal circle is complete, and my time here is near to an end, but rarely squandered. since the previous post I have been cramming experiences ontop of events to squeeze the last of Melbourne's juices into my already full cup with angst that I will get home and regret a missed opportunity.
as you know I have been dabbling in bar work for a little while which has been pretty fun on the social side of life. We've had some sweet nights out, and I cant fault the team i work with :) We had a spirit training night, which involved the 'Bartender of the Year' in Melb from Black Pearl Bar, Brunswick St, giving us the low-down on how to make pure spirit distillations from beer which I thought was pretty damn cool! We also went to a beer launch the other week at the Little Creatures Lounge, Brunswick, for White Rabbit White Ale- delicious. Both these events involved ample free beers and pizza which i think you'd agree in saying you cant really go wrong with hey.
I have a friend of a friend of a boyfriend who is in the Army and recently graduated up in the Puckapunyal Military area who was holding a party...you know the drill...this was the Royal Australian Army Corps Cocktail party. Of corse, all these army corps were guys, so what did they do? Invite heaps of girls up to join the party and even out the ratios! So off me and a couple of car loads of my girl friends went to the little town of Pucka to stay in the barracks and enjoy a complimentary night of champagne, cocktails, dancing, and even a fry-up on the barbie in the morning. The memories in photographs are mainly draped over huge barrel guns. classy.
I had my twenty third birthday down under this year, my first birthday abroad i believe. My gorgeous friend Dee brought me a ticket to Creamfields festival AU, the first time the event has come to Australia, as it fell on the weekend of my birthday, lucky thing :) It had a majestic circus theme but was alot quieter than we imagined as i guess it still needs some more awareness within the country, but still had THE best time. highlights being, DJ Generic, Oh Snap, and then of corse, The Bloody Beetroots headlining in the finale. We followed the afterparty to Brown Alley in the city but our hard-partied feet didnt last long! On the actual eve of my birthday I had a relaxed night out to dinner and drinks at the pub called the Great Britain in Richmond which has a huge open fireplace and a kooky vibe to the place. happy birthday to me.
I cant not mention that its AFL footie season at the moment, and it is addictive. I went to Etihad Stadium to watch 'the saints', St Kilda vs 'the bommers', Essendon, which was a winning experience, despite my team unfortunately losing (this being st kilda, due to the fact I promised the first photographer i worked for in melbs i would support them!). Loaded with your beer and classic match pie, watching extremely fit young males running around in the smallest kits you can think up, whats to lose really? so based on these reasons my boss at the bar got me some tickets to another game at the famous MCG for a big game rival coming up between Collingwood and the Geelong Cats. The footie is fast-paced, the atmosphere is impassioned and exciting, im personally completely converted to ozzy rules. sorry england, you can have your soccer mate! we do footie tipping every week, and im slowly getting better, hopefully I can squeeze another game in before my departure...oh when the saints go marching in.
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