Flutag and the Neighborhood...

the biggest burger of my life (i reckon it was a lot bigger in real life. honest!). it's got an angus beef patty, thick slices of bacon (the real stuff, not the fake crispy american version), lettuce, tomato, cheese, bbq sauce, egg, pineapple, and beetroot (LOVE beetroot. it's nature's candy). that combination sound a bit odd to you? trust me, it's amazing...

the city skyline behind the Red Bull Flutag (German for "day of flight) event in the harbour. what's a flutag event? well, it's where a group of four (usually men) make a homemade man-powered flying contraption to launch off of a 6 m deck into the harbour. most of them nose-dived. it was hilarious (especially the part where they dressed up in funny costumes and did weird dances for the performance part of the judging score...). look it up on google if you want more info...

this one was a cadillac cow car that exhausted orange smoke. it was pushed and "driven" into the harbour by the four "fat elvises"....

this one (called the "crotch rocket" fashioned after the australian budgie smuggler) actually got a little bit of distance. the record of 63 meters was set in minneapolis when they held the flutag event last year i believe. however, none of the australian aircrafts got even remotely close to this record....

I realize it's a little late for this, but welcome to my humble abode. this is Gail's apartment complex where I've been living at these past four months...

view of the gym/tennis courts/pool/sauna area that's opposite our building...

here's our veranda. we're on the ground floor...

a typical scene around the neighborhood. lots of trees, bushes, and power-lines..

annnnd here's Wesley Institute. yes, this is pretty much the campus in it's entirety. the student center is the little building in the middle. i'm taking the photo from the veranda outside the library...

and here's the opposite side of the campus. the library is on the left and the theatre/chapel is straight ahead. dance studios, music rooms, and some theology classrooms i believe are on the right...

these are my favorite trees. the purple blossoms are just lovely...

If I didn't already mention it, the flutag event was this past Sunday afternoon. Do you know what else was this past Sunday? Free slurpie day at 7-11!! Since Australians put the day in front of the month when they're writing out the date, Sunday happened to be 7/11... which translated into free slurpies for everyone! After the slurpies, a group of us went to the Hillsong Live Album Recording concert in the city. That was free as well :) So basically when the next live Hillsong album is released, I'll be on it. If you listen real carefully, you'll probably hear me clapping (and maybe even the occasional holler as well...). It was a great way to spend my last official Sunday in Australia. In fact, I think it ended up being my favorite Sunday spent in the land of Oz...