#baords lols

[abuglikecreature]

gnome. gnome moodboard. this idea came to me in the shower

anon you have a beautiful mind. i wish my shower thoughts were even a smidge as whimsical

thx for the reqqqqqq!!!! :3

[ellieoryan7447]

the mood baords for the @breaniebree hinny wedding a re so well done its great you were able to take breanies pictires and put them together like that. what collage app do you use?

my brother is getting married next year and they cant find good outfits for the kids would you mind sharing the link to leo and teddys outfit thanks

Thank you very much! It was a team effort with @breaniebree. For the actual photoshopping I use adobe photoshop, and for the mood boards I use LiveCollage.

I’m sorry, I don’t have the link to the boys’ outfits because it’s a product of heavy photoshop. That’s one of the ones where I combined aspects of multiple pictures and hand edited. So it doesn’t actually exist lol. But there’s tons of cute stuff out there, just tell them to keep looking!

[frostbite-the-bat]

am curious your thoughts about the supposed new blorbo... multislacker

I JUST GOT TO THE FUCKING VP ON TTCC BUT I CANT WAIT TO BE ABLE TO FIGHT MULTISLACKER </3 I AM GETTING CLOSER HOWEVER....jjust behind closed doors and daffodil gardens kudos baord </3 </3 I DONT THINK I CANT SAY MUCH SINCE IM STILL. PROPERLY LEARNING TTCC LORE SINCE I WASNT THERE FOR IT. I PLAYED ONCE YEARS AGO THEN NEVER AGAIN… SO I MISSED ALL THOSE PARTS LOL. i gotta learn from wikis and cogs.ink and other shit and ingame stuff and i am not at endgame yet </3 but. the- the sill.y goofy. the funky wunky. the blorbo woblo.awww its gubgub i love gubgub /q. i love him so much. LIKE. I LOVE ALL THE NEW COGS IN TTCC!! SO MUCH THEYRE SO COOL I LOVE THEIR DESIGNS AND THE IDEAS BEHIND THEM!!!(chairman especially has been growing on me lately quite bit and duck shuffler is just sillay goofay and is partially why i got back into toontown in the first place other than my friends playing it as well..cept they play ttr not ttcc lol.i quit ttr years ago with toontown in general. ANYWAYS) ITS NOT JUST MULTISLACKER WHO I LIKE BUT HES MY FAVORITE!!!! look at this beast

YEAHH SLAY EAT THAT FUCKING SANDWICH !!!! GO (yes this gif is sped up)

AND LIKE. I KNOW THEY ARE IN A WHOLE COMIC WHICH NOT ALL THE COGS GET. I KNOW HE'S A BIT SPECIAL BC SON OF THE VP. BUT!!! ALL THE COGS JUST GET THEIR BOSS FIGHT AND THATS P MUCH ABT IT THE REST IS IN THE BG!! and thats cool u get to make up ur own stuff but like once im done with fighting them im like NOOO DONT GO FRIEND ARUUUFGGH I WANT MOREEEEEEEEEE i wish there was smthn where you can just stand there and watch them talk and interact but ofc yeah itd have to be in cog suits or during some event and new dialogue would have to be written and i am so glad we get anything for all the characters but. AUGHH. MORE I WANT MORE I DEMAND MORE (says i who hasnt gone thru everything in ttcc yet)

as time goes on i may tag more stuff on this bingo but for now it is what it is </3 i also dont plan on interacting with the ttcc/toontown community much at all except for throwing occasional art or funny screenshots there and there but. i plan on mostly being me and my friends playing the game in a little fandom bubble loool im scarred my fandoms im NOT GOIN!! anywhere not letting shit be ruined for me (even if like.. everyone in the ttcc playerbase and community as a whole from what ive seen is sooooooo nice)

i like a this sillay beast ! i get them. they get me. i use adhd beam on him. they make me feel better abt taking things easy lol

heehee :]

[the-firebird69]

Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 | Lamborghini.com

and is fast and not the fsstest but in its claass is usually top and in the top three wiht ferrari and bughatti and yes. and are very fast. tons say it. and on the street well. over 900mph.

we shall introduce our next model shortly. and it is likethis. and made on the kia sportage size suv yes. not huge no. bigger.

and we do the drive by and at each city. and yes are twenty mnf and all make it. and why. thsse are all mac brands. we want one. and tons might. tesla has one electric. he is a lone. hard life. somewhat obtuse but our son is.

and will be dressed up and familiars of themeselves and each with a cane his a shrunken head coated in gold...and a certain color right someone got it and hers another head shrunken and coated a certain color gold.

on kanes

Thor Freya

yeh man jesus yeh up there on the baord again several times today lol and Bitol and Goddess Wife and Zig zAg ohh yeh me and she too and we fix the verbage yes

Zig Zag and we rok yes

Olympus

[sully-s]

I love the idea of Clark having a flip phone. 

[breadedsinner]

I was tagged by @ladyennefers for the OC Aesthetics Builder Meme, created by @lavellanpls

tagging @trevorhelmont, @maelacri, @mirandaputsherbestbuttforward, @vulpixelates, and @corasharper. Please tag me if you decide to do it, too!

[ts-storytime]

Hey so two things things, one anons arent on lol and two can you make an addition to the writer's sign up sheet for what type of art they would like to work with(recieve??) Like what Thuri did last time? I have a friend that would like to join but they're hesitant that they might get something like a collage of pictures (mood baord??)while they spend his time writing 15k

Thank you for letting me know about anon mode, I’ll turn it on after this ask is posted. Yes, art type preferences will be on the second check-in to make sure writers are getting art they’re comfortable with, and artists aren’t paired with anyone who might be surprised by the medium they use.

(I will say, though, as someone who makes moodboards--they can be hard work! Some moodboards I’ve sweated over as much as I sweat over something 15k. As long as people put effort into the art, I think it’s great art. There’s no level of skill or medium barrier here, as long as everyone tries their best. I’m not sure if I’m misreading tone here, in which case my apologies, but. I get a bit protective over artists.)

[fasa-umich]

Emily Madlambayan & Caitlin Ruth Gines, FASA's 2021-2022 Cultural Chairs

Omg we were on the FASA 2021-2022 E-Baord?! Hiii it’s Emily and Caitlin, your local Cultural Chairs ;)

Caitlin: We are here to tell you the things we have to tell you. Because obviously this is a testimonial that we are doing the same day as the deadline.

Emily: [side eye laugh] We are here to tell you about the amazing role that is co-cultural chair, recount some memories, say thanks (MANY many times), and give some final parting words. :D Caitlin you go first.

Caitlin: Ngl. Emily, I was scared right after I submitted the application because I was running with you and you seemed like you knew what you were doing while I was just pretending, nodding, and agreeing at everything the whole time. Really thought you were SCARY AND SERIOUS AND WOULD EAT ME ALIVE.

Emily: Caitlin!! I was so excited to be running, and subsequently elected with you!! I saw how you held your own in our coffee chats, enjoyed chatting it up and laughing with you in our hours-long late night Intern Zoom calls, and ofc loved having the opportunity to work with you and learn your story while we worked on IAmFilAm with Shane!! Actually, I am still impressed with what we came up with for that event. Should we tell the newcomers who weren’t there what we presented?

Caitlin: Yuhhh.

Emily: Okie dokie. All three of us shared our different stories. Actually, the whole event was about storytelling; it was the coolest. And what we said was that no Filipino or Filipinx American story is the same! We are a community composed of different experiences, but we are united in that none of us are the same (awww). Grappling with identity is often a part of the Filipinx American experience and it is something we can continuously grow through together.

Caitlin: And that was just the beginning ;) Through summer after we got elected, we planted more awesomer ideas that became the ROOTS (I’m really hoping you get the reference) of our very extraordinary awesome term as culture chairs.

Emily: … was that a blatant Ugat reference?? Hehe more on that in a bit lols. Yes we cannot forget to mention the many summer Zoom meetings in which we figured out what we wanted to accomplish with our cultural programming, especially PCN. Not to mention getting to know each other. I saw you at work in your scrubs, you saw my Panera t-shirts, we laughed, we yawned (because it was always late), we dubbed ourselves, we felt proud of ourselves, we stressed, we nearly cried, we swapped life updates and so on and so on.

4 Types of Meeting Videos:

Emily with Canada Map on the Back

Emily on her Panera T-Shirt

Caitlin taking care of a patient

Caitlin at home (still on scrub suit)

We're not lying. Here is Emily with World Map.

Caitlin: Bravo to us for very hardworking individuals. I really don’t know why we did it, Emily. Like wth were we thinking. But those meetings brought me a lot of fun just thinking about the situation, cultivating the coolest ideas ever, and getting to know you more!

Emily: We were certainly learning a lot from each other while also learning how to be Cultural Chairs. And that just continued into the school year. We don’t need to go too in-depth on each of our events. We were there, and you showed up and showed out! What we can talk about is the spirit of cultural chair and what being on e-board is all about– serving FASA!

CULTURE CHAIR

So what does it mean to be a cultural chair? Officially, what we do is plan and execute all of FASA’s cultural programs and events. And it’s so cool! From fun events such as Tinik on the Diag to reflective ones like the I Am Filipinx Identity Workshop, we got to create spaces that brought our Filipino/Filipinx American community together as we experienced and developed our understanding of the culture alongside one another. A huge thank you to everyone who actively attended and brought our events to life! It’s so cool how we can show our own values and perspectives through these programs because if you don’t know yet, we as cultural chairs have the freedom to choose whatever events or programs we want to do. So for future culture chairs, just be you and stand by your ideas! Of course be open to suggestions and constructive feedback, but work from your heart and you will not go wrong.

And the most work intensive, involved, rewarding, exciting, exhausting, overwhelming, (terrifying?), heart-filled, and biggest event of them all? PCN.

Emily: YES PCN!!!! I LOVE PCN!!!

Caitlin: I KNOW! I WAS LOOKING AT OUR PCN PICTURES TOGETHER AND I WAS JUST LIKE PUUURRRR QUEENS! WE DID THAT!

Aww yeah FASA yeah 🇵🇭

Emily: Caitlin and I went in with passion for our community and histories, the support of our board, and a drive to serve the FASA community, which powered us through many many hours of work. Many hours of work which were super necessary to pull off what we wanted to accomplish with the first in-person PCN in two years. Planning and preparing was a part of our lives for over half a year, and led to a night that I will cherish for the rest of my life (not to be sappy but it’s true). To have had the opportunity to celebrate our community and culture, and to encourage the empowerment of those who hold Filipino/Filipinx American identities meant the world. Not to mention showing off the undeniable heart and talent that FASA has to offer. The dancing, the speeches, the poetry, the dinner - each part of the night meant something. In regards to the theme- We uncover and tend to our roots, learning how our personal and communal histories impact us today. And we use that knowledge of our haunting and beautiful histories to do our best to support ourselves and each other as we move forward. Planning PCN is undeniably a lot of work and a huge challenge. I am so proud and grateful to have put my all into Ugat. It was utterly worth it. From the bottom of my heart, thank you to everyone who helped to bring our PCN to life. Standing on the stage at the end of the night with Caitlin and you all was one of my favorite moments of the entire year.

Caitlin: I do agree to that! The thought of organizing and emceeing was terrifying but the moment I saw how many Filipino people were in that ballroom gave me the confidence, because I knew at that moment. That I could be: just me! The whole night, I was just so happy because we can finally show the guests the hard work everyone put in order for that night to fulfill its purpose. It was achieved. Thank you to everyone who put their blood and tears for that wonderful night: FASA E-Board, committees, speakers, singers, performers, and especially Kris, our wonderful performance chair and of course, the choreographers. Our vision for that night couldn’t have happened without you and the energy you brought was extraordinary. All of you brought this event to life.

Emily: Okay so hopefully you get it. PCN means so much to us. We put our whole hearts into it. To the future of FASA, especially future Cultural Chairs, I hope you are able to have a formative, joyful, rewarding experience with it. Embrace the process; lean into it (even when it doesn’t seem to want to hug you back)! Keep your head up and enjoy all of the amazing moments. You got this! And you are certainly not alone. Respect the people you are working with. So many wonderful and lovely people were there to offer us support, especially our E-Board. Love you E-Board.

Caitlin: To the brave future Cultural Chairs: Do not get intimidated by PCN. I’m telling you. It is overwhelming but just go through it, feel the pain, because it will eventually FEEL SO GOOD! You will look back on PCN days and will feel proud of yourselves for being able to survive it and wrap it up dripping with finesse.

We love PCNs :D

Emily: Any other advice we’d like to share with future boardies and Cultural Chairs?

ADVICE

Remember why you’re doing this and who you are doing it for. In those moments where you may question yourself, act from your heart, believe in your ideas, and remember that you are serving FASA.

Listen to your own voice and uplift the voices of others.

You are a student first. (we understood this one but um did not always follow it. Learn from us)

Commit to the experience

Communication is the key. Be open to everyone; especially to your Co. Know your and your co’s strengths and weaknesses and work around that.

Remember that the E-Board is a team and that no one should feel alone! Lend a helping hand if you see someone struggling on board.

You are enough. You are Filipino/Filipinx American enough (if that’s part of your identity). You are enough as a human being. Just be you.

Take from this advice what works for you! You got this. You have done and are doing amazing. You know what works best for you :D

Emily: I suppose we could give quite a bit of unsolicited advice, but we’ll end it there. Again, take from this what is helpful to you! We don’t know everything.

Caitlin: But wait, we're not done yet. Keep scrolling.

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We want to give our appreciations.

Emily: Cue the thank you messages

CAITLIN SAYS THANK YOU

To the whole FASA:

Salamat for all the support you gave us since the day we got elected. I am grateful for all your attendance in the cultural events. The energy you brought to those is just what we needed. It brought happiness to Emily and I every time we saw all of you enjoy the initiatives that we made just for you. Thank you for accepting and supporting us and our ideas. We appreciate the time you let us show the real us to you and every time you let us get to know all of you, keeping the environment extra FUN AND SAFE. Thank you for all the fun, kindness, respect, compassion, experiences and camaraderie.

To FASA E-Board:

Oh my god I’m going to cry.

I am very thankful for all the things and experiences we went through together. I really saw what they say “Isang Bagsak”. I will cherish all the moments I have with you. Even though our board meetings are every Sunday (which is a bummer), I was still always excited to see all of your beautiful faces before it’s Monday again. It is just so refreshing for me seeing everyone’s dedication to fulfill their own boardie duty. I really appreciate all the support each boardie gave to each other. FASA E-Board is one of my favorite spaces because it embodies what I am hoping for all human beings to achieve. Having empathy and being compassionate to all humans. Because I don’t want it to be too long, I would just send you personal messages for individual thank yous in the very near future!

BEST, COOLEST, GREATEST, NURSING/BTS/RICH LINEAGE EVER

Special Mentions

Let me start with Ate Christine—my North Campus bus buddy/passenger. I am very thankful for all the conversations we had in the car, in the bus, everywhere. You are always there to support me, listen to my rants and stories those nights we’re together. I also appreciate you for letting me play your so-called “Lola Songs” and for that spaghetti when we made turon at your place (I promise I will give back the tupperware very soon). And to my lineage my ates, my quadruplet twins (idk what you call that lol), and my adings. Thank you all for being a source of happiness for me and being always there to support what I do!

Emily and Caitlin's first picture in person!

And of course, to Miss Girl Queen Emily:

Even though you kinda scared me at first, you turned out to be very nice. And I am thankful that you did not use your black belt ability on me. I am glad that you are my co because I just think that our personalities and own abilities work together very well. I’m so happy that even if our term will come to an end soon, I can still call you my friend! You are one of the people I would trust my life with. I am inspired by how hard-working, task-oriented, and patient you are. Seeing that pushed me to work harder for our position. I am also thankful that I got to know you and you showed me a lot of other perspectives that I couldn’t have explored without you. Even though we are very different people, I am very happy that our dynamic worked out really well. Thank you for being patient with me. I LOVE YOU!!!!

EMILY SAYS THANK YOU

To our members, to FASA:

Thank you for consistently showing up and showing out! FASA is not the loving, encouraging, nosey, gritty, joyous, creative, humorous, and inspiring community that it is without each and every one of you. It makes my heart full and warm to see how everyone comes together. I am so grateful for how I have been able to connect with people, from sharing stories to swapping jokes and lingo to making new memories together. I have met my closest friends within FASA (including my roommates and even people who I consider family) and have lived some of my favorite memories. FASA has encouraged me to be who I am and to grow as a person. Thank you all for being who you are! I wish you all the very best. big heart. huge heart. <3

The coolest lineage. Best lineage ever. and ofc my girls <3

Growing up, my family taught me what it was to be Filipino, and I developed an inherent love for the culture. But not having a Filipino community, being half white, and not being able to connect beyond the food and school projects made me feel like I did not deserve to consider myself a part of it. And this created a sense of disconnect up until I joined FASA, where I first learned the term Filipino American. Getting to know people’s stories and participating in our culture together has helped me learn that while I may never feel completely Filipino or belonging as an American, I am fully Filipino American. And all of my experiences, including my identity issues, are naturally a part of what the diverse Filipinx American community looks like today. Past cultural chairs, thank you for the work you have done to help me understand that I am enough, and that it is okay to continue to grow and for my relationship with my identity to change as I do so.

FASA is so accepting of everyone’s story. The community (including me) not only encourages, but expects you to reflect on your past and to be vulnerable yet bold as you move forwards. Experiences in FASA can be really special.

To Caitlin:

I am so glad that we grew not just as co-chairs, but also as friends while working together on e-board. <3 Thank you for supporting me and for your patience and understanding, both when times were tough and when things were going well. It has meant so much. I love you co!!! You are creative, kind, honest, hard working, and so much fun to be around. I truly hanging out with you and I am so glad to be able to just play around sometimes. Not to mention, you’re incredibly smart, hard-working, and determined. Your passion for Filipino culture is inspiring and instills respect. We have been able to do so many impressive and important things working with one another, and I would not have wanted to do so with anyone else. You are full of laughs and jokes, and also a force to be reckoned with. I am so grateful that we threw our whole selves into being Co-Cultural Chairs together <3<3<3

Turon Movie Night Presentation. Who grabbed Ate Christine's head w/ a tong?

To board:

Heyyy look at how far we’ve come!! I adore working with you all. While we are effective and professional as boardies, we incorporate our personalities and friendship into everything we do. Just look at all the laughs, jokes, stories, and quirks that come to light during board meetings. I am so grateful for how our board was able to come together. For how we believed in everyone’s goals and visions, how we pushed each other to do our best, how we supported one another, how we worked through our challenges, how we respected everyone for their work and the people that they are. It has been wonderful to get to know each of you better in the context of FASA; I love learning new things about each of you and seeing all of the things you have accomplished over our time on board. I am beyond proud of all of us!! You are all so wonderful and lovely!! <3

Amanda, Michelle, and Celeste, thank you for always being there for me and for being yourselves. Being friends and working with you has taught me what true support looks like. Amanda, thank you for your generosity and hard work. Michelle, thank you for your warmth and encouragement. Celeste, thank you for your passion and vision. Christine, thank you for listening and for appreciating people for who they are. Janielle, thank you for your kindness and for pushing us to be our best, to go an extra step. Kris, thank you for being genuine and for seeing the best in everyone. Ryan, thank you for your reliability. Adrian, thank you for your dedication. Jolene, thank you for creative ideas and for respecting what people have to say. Shane, thank you for your steadfastness and patience. Kate, thank you for being undeniably there to talk, and for every reminder that we are loved (you are loved as well!).

Our very first Fall event: Tinik on the Diag!

BACK TO CAITLIN AND EMILY

We sat down to write this, wanting it to be short. Just get the job done. Haha. Ha. But we had so much to say! And while we have not come close to covering everything, we have said quite a bit. And with that, goodbye to being Cultural Chair. We love you.

MARAMING SALAMAT AT MAHAL NAMIN KAYO!

[emma-what-son]

Random but this was a good video about celebs getting into tech/apps and stuff they really have no business being in. The part where kanye is like" i listen to lady gaga music but what does she know about camera's why is she on the baord of directors of a camera company??" and it made me lol and it also applies to emma suddenly being on the board of kering celebs get postions they have no real experince in all the time it seems like haha youtu(.)be/3IkfZvEmXx8

True! It's just a way to get the news out there that Kering is taking steps to become more eco friendly. That's it.

[hhroadgirl]

Lol. I'm a millenial & the only one who knew how to work the smart baord was the algebra teacher in HS. 🤣

That relatable (older) Gen Z memory: when all the projectors and white boards got replaced by Smart Boards™ around like fifth grade and none of the teachers knew how to use them but they Had To Use them otherwise the school just wasted a bunch of money and it was a rlly weird transition

[captainpettie]

Are you still doing the Harry Potter mood baords?

Sure, I’m basically always taking requests for aesthetics or edits of any kind. I just make no guarantees about when they’ll be done lol.

[willforeverbemine]

OH DON'T WORRY I KNOW THE SHIRT YOU MEANT LOL THE ONE I USED FOR MY MOOD BAORD CAUSE IT'S SOOOO FINE

oh thank god I was worried I didn’t describe it right because those scenes happened during my break so I was going from memory of that gif lol. but yes, that shirt is so fine and he definitely needs to wear it again 

[the-firebird69]

we cleared. and take the Key  ourselves see his idea nd replicate. and accross the baord...adn race to it yes. are faster...and they say it we do this and we see it too.. up race and us lol oh.. and we use it now.  on them.  and up to hoth bja and to the death star mac and out to the pyramid..and we see sh and ok we go now. on it. adn you blab lol ahahaha you sit ok talk and drink eat and complain to look poor lol we do this now set them up when ready.   and we are, we hear...no.  need the two up there.  now.  too.  big time and  big one the north or south he says Antarctica now now now..and we say it now nw now means right now and his are there we prep and use it steeam out and up and now  firing allwe got we clear keep it clear..and we make it the storm geo storm...and the north after...now we see it need them all but now we shall have one.  now. and to breach it no we say yes and too hot no.  we know how need a few others we pluck them easy means now and prep.  and we see it is a motivator and for where..you guessed it Thor Freya the big ones Zig Zag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_TOsFvnmeQ

[valmillion]

Paul be tokin up with the arrakians (south californians) lol gettin high and riding a worm (skate baord)

suddenly struck by a thought.

[snappyfingersintraining]

I wanna know where you found that one floral dress shirt thing from your baord.. Yuta's outfit I want it

lol I’m SO SORRY for getting back to you 100 years later but it’s from Net-A-Porter but its like $300 and sold out ahaha. I’m sure there’s something similar at like Urban Outfitters or maybe TopShop?

[jessflewitt]

NOOSA -31st Jan- 15th Feb

NOOSA 30th-15th February

Can’t even explain how much we loved this place - definitely our favourite beach bum places on the east coast so far! We saw the most stunning coastline , wild dolphins- wild koala , canoed the Everglades and Fraser island was definitely a highlight of our lives, life memories and friends made there for sure. Noosa is a bit less hippie than Byron ( more up our street) and just beautiful everywhere. Apparently it’s where a lot of ozzies travel for a summer holiday. We didn’t want to leave…

When we arrived we had about 3 days to chill out before our first tour. It was baking hot so we spend most of time beach buming and trying to find water to swim in to cool down. The main beach was just stunning - we were playing in the waves on the first day and Oli shouted ‘Jess watch out!’ Then a wave tumbled over our heads before I got chance to hear what he said so I was freaking out thinking it was a shark or something! Turns out a swarm of blue bottle jelly fish had floated in - managed to get out without being stung but called it a day after that. Ended up going to Noosa spit - noosa is lined with beautiful houses along rivers ( boats parked outside like Miami) and they each have a little beach opposite where you can swim. Spent an afternoon there lounging in the water - we were sat still for too long though and both got bitten by fish!

Locals in noosa are just awesome and friendly- no different to anywhere else. We had just come off the beach and were chilling in the van having a coffee and a local came up to us giving us some shit about the crack in the window screen! English mindsets we first thought he was trying to sell us a screen or something but turns out he was just being friendly - introduced us to his daughter and we ended up chatting for about 40 minutes.

We visited the famous ’ Eumundi Market’ the next day - it was way better than we expected and we completely blew the travel budget… Oppsie. It was absolutely huge! We had to park so far away and walk in because there was just hundred of cars. Tried tapioca for the first time - great for me as I’m now GF. Grown in Brazil. Ol got a sexy new rucksack :)

Next day we did the coastal noosa national park walk and it was just stunning!

The gagaju bush camp took the next three days. 3 days canoeing the Everglades- awesome. We met the group and our leader at the supermarkets and brought all the food and drink ect we’d need , a couple of German lads we’d met the night before in a camp site were on the same trip so that was cool- drove in convoy to the camp - got shown around the hilariously shocking accommodation - (we were last dibs too because we were chatting too much - they were like handmade bamboo bunk beds with a bit of mesh hanging down you were supposed to sleep on - no mattress or anything - and Olis bit of mesh was ripped so he’d basically we sleeping on the floor haha - we ended up sleeping in the van). Did a small hike that night and saw about 10 kangaroos - two were mummies with baby Roos in their pouches was amazing too see. They let us watch standing quite close - and then the ( we assume daddy) got a bit wary and stood up towering over us on his tail so we backed off after that! Had a swim in the river when we got back and Had a fun night playing drinking games and getting to know our team for the next day.

We were up and ready to go canoeing at 7am - canoes were Canadian style with the single sided oar - and had three people in each. We were given a barrel to put our lunch and bits in - awesome day! Luckily the current was on our side so it wasn’t too difficult. The day before they had been fighting the current for the whole 16k and they looked absolutely jaded! There was some lads that were just hanging out their arses and Henry was still smashed singing the whole way so it was hilarious. We stopped off at this rope swing into the river- all the lads were doing it ( it was actually quite high and scary when you got up the ladder) I was all confident until I got up there but too late to turn back at that stage with everyone watching so just went for it! Only girl to do it though 💪. We carried on up the river to this little beach where we had lunch which was cool and then made it back for about 4pm. I learned how to steer ( the posh way by dragging the oar in the water ) by copying the Canadian guy Joe on the way back - life skillsss.

Got accidentally drunk that night on goon for the first time with this awesome German girl Kim. Never again. The next morning was a struggle but we made it out again- ( about 10 people didn’t!) shorter trip up the Everglades the opposite way. We were fighting the current day two so was much harder - half way we left the canoes on the sand and went swimming in a water hole for about an hour until we were all shaking we got got so cold!

We left that day and headed back to Noosa- found a cute little campsite close to the beach and had another few days buming round Noosa. We did the national park walk again (once wasn’t enough) and we were lucky enough to see our first wild koala and a whole pod of dolphins playing in the surf! Amazing. We got the long baords out and went all around the coast too which was cool.

Fraser Island filled our next few days and it was just UNREAL. We got a free nights stay in noomads hostel the night before and the night after the trip … So we went there on the 8th for our first briefing. Got shown lots of boring videos about how to drive safely on sand. There was about 100 girls and 4 lads so that worried us a bit - didn’t want to be stuck in a car full of girls. So we went to the bar that night will full intentions of making a bline for all the lads - that didn’t happen and we ended up spending the night talking to this Irish couple that weren't even going on our tour 🙈but just before we went to bed we bumped into nick! Got on like a house on fire & instantly decided to team up:) next morning ( our 5 year anniversary what a way to spend it !) we got the two hour bus to rainbow beach where we picked the jeeps. Met Bailey ( Canadian girl) who was ace - then two more people , Olivia ( German but South American parents and spoke Spanish) and Andreas ( from Chile). We all just clicked - spent three days tearing around the beaches with all the windows down singing our hearts out. Ace! All the stop offs were just dreamy - lake McKenzie the water is so clear you can drink it - so we did , sand is so fine you can brush you teeth with so we did, exfoliated our skin- played volley ball , made a human pyramid in the sand, Eli Creek - was like a natural lazy river and the water was ice cold ( the boys have about an hour footage of trying to feed the fish with horse flies they caught 🙈) the champagne pools were awesome- were really rough , we got hit by a wave that dragged most of us across the coral into the next pool - Lucy and I have the scars to prove it! And a fish took a chunk out of Lucys bum which was hilarious! Indian head was a small cliff we climbed up for the view - saw a stingray from the top which was cool . Saw a ship wreck and on the last day we stopped off at lake wabi which was actually my favourite of the whole lot - we hiked through the sand dunes ( which was a killer for me who was dying off a goon hangover again!) and then there was this awesome lake in the middle of the dunes - absolutely stunning. You can see turtles there so we spent a while looking for them but didn’t see any, they have the fish that eat your dead skin so we all sat in a line with the fish eating our dead skin, then our guide said he would give $50 to anyone who could catch a catfish with their bare hands so we had a go! Obviously failed but we fed them flies haha.

We named are car Toni-( before we found out the name of our guide which was Tony lol!) he made our trip he was just fantastic. Really got involved with us , full of awesome stories and knew everything there was to know about Fraser- he caught a sea snake - told us all about it and released it - even drank with us at night and chased a dingo down the beach ( such a good Australian) he catches sharks in his spare time- once caught a tiger shark - took him 16 hours - he was harnessed to his truck and he made beans on toast twice durning the time- awesome!

We were all fighting for the drivers seat but split it fairly- it was just amazing bombing along next to the sea- our hostel was pretty basic but there was a pool we could use in our down time which was cool. Would recommend it to anybody- best trip ever. We came close with a few girls from the uk in a different car too- Lucy, little and Emma.

(We attempted to GoPro video the entire canoe Everglades tour and it was ok but the videos were too short to clip- so we did it again for Fraser - literally had about 60 videos and some of them are class! So really excited to made a Fraser video whenever we get a rainy day) Slept the entire way back to Noosa and the hostel put on an after party- free pizza and drinks which was cool of them. Some pretty dire games that we got involved in accidentally that might have been funny if we were 18 ha but we didn’t care we were still so hyped from the trip.

Next day we we returned to our baby Hayley and drove up the coast to Rainbow Beach ( Again) probably would have been better to drive up and meet the guys there but then we might not have met the gang and had such a good car so hey) rainbow beach is another beach with 4x4's racing down it - it’s like a beach highway - so cool. And Its surrounded by this awesome cliff face that is actually all different colours. Walked the length of it had a coffee then drove up north again until it got dark - parked up in this really creepy campsite with only one other car ( met this German girl who was a complete drag but had dinner with her) then next day headed to Hervey Bay - this is usually a whale watching town but it’s not the season for it so there wasn’t a huge amount to sea. It’s a marine national park so you can see manatees and sea turtles and everything if your there at the right time. We walked the pier and met a fisherman who told us a spot to sea two huge sea turtles ( which we did- was cool) and then that night we had the most amazing experience. Paid $12 each to watch baby turtles hatch and run into the sea for the first time. Mon Repos is a turtle breeding beach that is patrolled every night by Rangers. As the turtles are so endangered they have a special tagging system for the ones that are high priority and the ones that return so they can track numbers - there was videos and presentations about the guy behind the whole conversation programme and it was pretty amazing listening to all the work they have done over the years. When turtles hatch they join the south east Australian current ( finding nemo lol) and they go all the way to South America - eating things like plankton and jelly fish - they are more protected from predators in the current. They don’t return until they are about 16 years old and then they stay put as they are big enough to not be a prey target form bigger fish and sharks. They only go on land to lay - and they return to the same beach they were born on ( they know where to go because when they run from the nest to the sea for the first time they made a magnetic imprint that they remember ( amazing) and they can lay up to 500 eggs at one time. The estimate is that only 1 in a 1000 make it back to the same beach! So when you see a big one it’s pretty amazing. When the female lays she does so at night and goes straight back to the sea and has nothing more to do with them- so the conservation team patrol - and when the eggs are laid they build a cage around it to stop foxes and birds of prey taking the eggs - when the baby turtles climb up through the sand they take 10 ( out of about 70 usually) if it’s us a priority mother ( so endangered or local or retuning mother ) weigh and tag the babies - and then release them. The rest in the nest are realised straight away.

When the babes are doing their run to the sea they make sure no crabs or anything take them and make sure they all reach the sea! Some get tired and need a helping hand - we got to see a priority nest being released after they had been to the lab- your not allowed to use lights are anything they are guided to the sea by natural light . They were all so tired it was so cute and when they reached the sea it took them about 6 attempted each because the waves kept washing them in - then we stayed late ( most people went home ) and we got to see another nest running to the sea - these were not priority so there was tons of them and they had loads of energy and were running to the sea - amazing. And then the conservation team dig up the nests 24 hours after the turtles climb up to check that none have been left behind - because if one gets trapped for some reason they are not able to climb on their own so they die. So we watched a ranger dig up a nest and we rescued 2! So we released them into the sea - they also count how many eggs don’t develop and check what stage of development the eggs are at so they can monitor it. Amazing experience.

The next day we drove up to 1770 - there wasn’t too much going on but had had a small Fraser reunion and also bumped into some friends from the canoeing tour. We’d planned to go surfing the next day but the conditions weren't great- also found out we can’t go inland to do the national parks up here because you need a 4x4 - still have about 10 days to kill till Whitsundays so we’re going to try and find some casual work ( fruit picking or something ) for a week.

Day of the Everglades trip - we arranged some farm work - living with a family in cairns and learning how to run their farm for the first month-12 cows- few pigs - chickens - 2 dogs and the second month we’d be running it on our own while they went on holiday to Scotland- would get accommodation - food - live in the house and 2 months of our farming signed off so we could extend our visa) we weren’t going to be earning much money but thought it would be worth it to get a chunk of our farming signed off for a good experience. Found out today that we don’t think they can provide us with all the credentials we need for it to be legal - which we’re gutted about because we were really excited- still waiting to here but pretty sure it’s not going to happen. New plan is probably try to find a small farm and suck it up for 3 months- you can earn a ton of money and means we can extend our visas if we want to once we get to Melbourne- so that’s all ongoing - bit up in the air for now.

Currently just entered croc zone! So no swimming in rivers anymore. It’s dark so about to pull up to crash. It’s the 15th Feb …. Up to date woop!