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After a long period of salience, here some news:

Last Sunday I went to Seaworld to validate the 3 park pass that I bought online. This pass gives access to Seaworld, Movieworld and Wet 'n Wild, 3 theme parks at the Gold Coast, only a 30min drive from here. I just went to validate the pass... didn't visit the park yet. But I saw a pirate show at the entrance of the park and this was pretty good! A lot of gymnastics and salto's and diving! Amazing! Looking forward to visiting the park!

 After Seaworld I went to Main Beach on my Bike. There the World Championships Kite were taking place. I met Nico and Steph there, the French couple. Nico, a kite surfer himself, knew a lot of the participants. Unfortunately there was not much wind... So the competition was delayed and we only saw a race... It was not very spectacular because there was almost no wind. Here some pictures.

A famous kite surfer but don't know his name :-)

The race

The participants had to start on the beach and than run into the water and jump on their board and then surf a little circuit and do three jumps. 

A month or so ago, I went to a few tennis clubs to hand in a CV and cover letter, hoping to do some coaching at the clubs. One of the clubs called me and asked if I could coach at the summer camp. So last week I coached at a club in Burleigh Heads (15min from here) every day from 9am till 12pm. It is a small club with 4 courts, but there were a lot of children (50!). I coached the little ones, age 6-8. I had 14 children which is a lot! It felt good to be on the tennis court again! The children behave very well (even better than in Belgium I think). It was very hot, around 30 degrees, so the children needed a lot of breaks for a drink. They were very lucky with the weather because in the mornings it was always sunny, but in the afternoon it was often raining. It was a good week! Maybe I can do some coaching during the year as well starting from February, but this depends on the participants... It feels good to have some extra pocket money! 

BUT, I had to do PhD work as well... so every morning I woke up at 6am... worked from 6.30am till 8.30am and then I went to the camp. After the camp I went back home for a quick lunch and then back to Bond to work... This week was exhausting!

Friday afternoon there was a huge thunderstorm! It was amazing! Lightnings and  

It was so hot Friday night that we did a swim in the pool at 8pm! It was cool! I love this house so much! And we have good news about the house... normally we had to leave the house the 24th of January, but we will extend the lease! 

After the swim I skyped with Jill!!! A Belgian friend with who I studied at the VUB. She is coming to Australia in a week! Can’t wait till she is here! Then I skyped with Melissa, another VUB friend. Miss my Belgian Friends! 

Cheers,

Jessie