Pics

I've posted photos from my trip to Pt. Campbell to Flickr. I'm also constantly expanding my collection of Melbourne photos. Enjoy!

Day-tah!

I just got back from my second trip of the week to Pt Campbell, a small town on the coast about 3.5 hours SW of Melbourne. This week isn't over for me and I've already driven 1000km. Wheee! Pt Campbell is famous for the Twelve Apostles, of which Z and I saw about three on our trip to Apollo Bay earlier this year. The first visit of the week was to meet some local contacts to talk about my project. Meeting the contacts lead to today's trip out on a boat to get the first honest-to-god data point of my project. Hooray! Not only did I get to drop off my camera (and find it again) but I also got a free tour of the 12 Apostles with a group of American tourists who, as best I can gather, were on a National Geographic photography outing of some sort. They all appeared to be retirees except for one guy from South Carolina who looked like he was in his 20's. Which one of these things is not like the others? You're correct! It's the young guy who chose the wrong holiday.

Allow me to repeat the brilliant news de jour: I have data (or day-tah! depending on how sleep deprived you/I am). Turning the corner into data collection is a huge relief; I'm over the anticipatory hump of dread in which I was mired last month. (This is what sleep deprivation does to my metaphors: I've got corners and humps and now swamps! Hee!) Today felt a little bit like cheating; it was just so easy. It's the part where I have to organize divers and gear and get into the water myself that's most of the headache. Even the getting up at 4am was - well, let me be honest: that part sucked. But hey, I get to go to bed at 8:30 with dignity - whatever dignity I have left anyway. I'll post pictures later this weekend.