So, it’s 3/18/08 here (18/3/08 if you are actually here) and I am
preparing to go to Adelaide tonight where my great Central Australia
adventure is set to begin! In order to get to Adelaide, however, I have to
catch a tram to a bus station in the city, catch a bus to the airport,
ride the plane to Adelaide and then take a taxi to my backpackers hostel.
Tomorrow morning, I am getting up at 5:30 to leave my hostel by 6:20 to go
on a day-long tour of Kangaroo Island–a colossal island on the southern
coast that is basically one giant nature preserve (I’m so excited! AND
it’s one of my dream trips). I return tomorrow night at 10:30, exhausted
and dirty. Then I get up at 6 am on Friday to ride in a minibus with my
group to Coober Pedy–the opal capital of the world–a town built, I
guess, completely underground. That’s right–to escape the heat. So for
your enjoyment, I will take a picture of bare red earth and tell you there
is a city underneath it, hehe. From Coober Pedy, we continue to Alice
Springs and Ayers Rock (called Uluru here), which I will succeed in
climbing on our day off. We get to go on an overnight excursion into the
outback and camp (I LOVE CAMPING!!!) and we will stay on Aboriginal land.
Hopefully they’ll feel like saying hello to us. I really hope so.
Last week, I participated in the Leukemia Research Center’s annual
fudraiser called the “World’s Greatest Shave.” They give you the option
of either shaving your head or dying your hair (I opted for the second
because I’m a bit of a coward and don’t want to put sunscreen on my head
for the next two months) and you raise money and awareness about their
program in the process. So far I’ve received a bit of sponsorship money
but if any of you feel like contributing–even one penny–I would
appreciate it. I’ve always felt particularly drawn to leukemia research
(don’t ask me why; I couldn’t tell you) so it’s a nice and good thing to
do. The website is www.worldsgreatestshave.com.au and you can just
sponsor me by name under the sponsor section. Jordan Trippeer. Remember
the double letters.
 
hehe, I look crazy.
I am so excited about the next ten days. But I won’t be able to
communicate with anyone until April because I will literally be in the
boonies, hehe. So I will write to you all again soon and show you photos
of my many adventures.
Moon butterflies dancing,
Jordan
Quote of the week:
“All the saints and the Angels and the stars up above
They all bow down to the flower of creation
Every man every woman
every race every nation
It all comes down to this–
Sacred Love.”
–Lyrics to “Sacred Love” performed by Sting
