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This Saturday night's feeble attempt to do something productive while still feeling sore about being left in SG:

ON THE FINAL-EST DAY of one of my favourite trips - 

Marakoopa Caves. They weren't kidding when they said it was going to be 9 degrees celsius and ridiculously cold. I really need to start heeding advice more often.

Lunch at the queen of all #cafegoals, serving amazing food with 10/10 service - Marakoopa Cafe.

Stress-drove the entire way to Cradle Mountain 'cos we were running out of fuel and it was a PH in Aussie (who knew) so nothing was bloody open and for at least an hour I thought we were just going to be left on the mountain with no petrol and a bag of chips to share for the rest of the night. But I guess I must have done something right at some point in my life because there was a mini petrol station at the Cradle Mountain service centre (!!!!!!!)

But I ended up leaving my sunglasses in the shuttle bus after that so............. you win some you lose sum but at least I didn't have to spend the night fending off wolves and sharing ONE bag of chips.

We took a 2h hike around Dove Lake but it honestly felt like 3. Also mostly my fault cos I walk at the speed of the-opposite-of-light, was complaining about the heat AND cold (?? Geez Tasmania), was hungry, was thirsty, was tired, and took about 200 photos.

My bank account is still struggling to serve my emotional needs (impulse shopping), but absolutely no regrets for this stunner.

Grindelwald, Switzerland

In need of sleep, space and more sleep,

T4ssie

It has finally finally hit me that my friends are jetting off on their grad trip adventures and I'm left in Singapore to die at my work desk and build my extensive shopping lists to help make myself feel better. I plan to live vicariously through their travels by demanding for new photos to be sent every now and then and to also be included in their travel-planning chat.

Also I predict more "finally"s will be added to the list because not everyone is sprawled all over the globe yet. So when the full force of jealousy takes over, I will probably either
a) go to bed for a very long time
b) book 3 new trips
c) binge watch shows
d) all of the above and at the same time

Here I present to you Part 1 of SarahWantsToGoOnAGradTripToo-PleaseDontLeaveMeBehind-WhyDoYouDoThis in conjunction with Part 4 of Tassie aka T4ssie

So this was Launceston where we lived in a cosy af Airbnb apartment on the top of a.. hill/mound/thing but it had insane views. Made me ridiculously happy every time I stepped out of the house to get into the driver's seat to be adulty with my driving capabilities and all.

We went to Cataract Gorge thanks to the host's recommendations, TripAdvisor reviews and the fact that it was a 4 min drive.

Might as well have been called Cataract Gorge-ous cos I legit could not stop saying "Omg I love it this is our best find so far I love it I love it". The public pool - The First Basin - was of the loveliest colour of blue possible on a warm (not humid - SG i'm looking at you) breezy Sunday afternoon. 

We very reluctantly left for Hillwood strawberry farm after which honestly wasn't that great because most of the good berries were gone by the time we got there + the ones we did find were just O K

And then Low Head Coastal Beach for fairy penguins,

The penguin looks like an alien here and I have no way of reassuring you that this isn't it's real form because of how dark it was there.

The tour was 20AUD, the air was cold and the bushes spiky, but on that day I'd seen fairy penguins, gorgeous shades of blue and a brilliant sunset so nothing could have stopped me from going to bed happy.

... Not even driving through 60km where only 20% of the road was lit.

SLEEPovers

Down with the flu, cough and a sore throat but I also managed to get 45mins of alone/dog time lying on the couch scrolling through Instagram, stalking everyone (thankful for the times when people decide to un-private their accounts), watching snapchats and replying messages.

Had a sleepover at RS's last night with some people who make me very very happy (which would have included Cheryl but she was sick af and KW but he was busy af). RS very lovingly cooked us pasta and prepared the beds for us, Char brought us Bake cheese tarts, KW offered to buy us supper and I contributed absolutely nothing.

We slept at 4 (!!!!!???????!!!!??) talking about .. i don't remember now actually, but the Lee household have the homeliest home and the creepiest poster of a laughing Ruishen hung high up in his bedroom for all who lie in his bed to lovingly gaze at.

I need more weekends like this. Thanks RS, we'll be back soon <: