conservation + outback.

Hiiii everyone! :) How are y'all? (No worries, my Texas accent is as much with me as ever, haha)
Currently updating you from the beautiful, bustling (but not really) town of Coober Pedy, the opal capital of the world. It's kinda in the middle of the great Australian Outback, so not too busy..hence the downtime to shoot a little update :)
So after Sydney (and for those of you who are wondering, the sticky situation was resolved, ptL!), we flew out early in the morning to Adelaide, where we met up with CVA (Conservation Volunteers Australia) and split into our two groups for the week. Our group went to Eyre Peninsula (an 8-hour drive away, whew!), where we spent the week weeding a few different invasive species. The days were hot but short (we'd always get off work around 2 pm or earlier...haha), and our hostel was an old shearing woolshed next to a jetty on the bay, so we got to see some sweet sea life--some small squids and octopi, even a couple of manta rays! Easter kinda passed by without a big deal (which was kinda weird for me), since that was the day we drove back to Adelaide. Overall, it was a fun week, though, and weeding's not so bad when you're doing it with a group :)
After a free day in Adelaide, which I spent at their awesome Botanic Gardens, we were off into the outback with the Groovy Grape, a touring van that takes groups from Adelaide to Alice Springs, a city in the middle of the outback. It's been pretty chill, even a bit boring? since we're in the car so much, but it's been fun getting to know the others who are in the van with us (mostly Europeans and a kiwi couple as well). I've been able to spot some kangaroos and emus while in Australia, which is pretty sweet as well!

Oookay, that's it for now. Guess what I'm off to next?...feeding kangaroos! :D Pictures to come, hopefully