Lately I’ve been overwhelmed with school work so I haven’t been doing too many exciting things worth blogging about. Yesterday I turned in a massive 17 page paper! Uni is terrible in Aus, but now we just started Spring Break! To kick it off Corinne, a few other friends and I went to Eumundi Markets. I’ve been there a few times so I knew what to expect, but the girls all went separate ways to shop. Corinne and I stuck together and did a bit of walking around until both of us had the irresiable urge to splurge some on Aussie commodities!
We were walking around when I was intrigued by a stand selling didgeridoos! Now for those of you who are less familiar with what a didge is…it is one of the oldest known wind instruments. The didgeridoo was created by the Aboriginal Australians and is still played at ceremonial events accompanied by dancing and singing.. The didgeridoo is a piece of termite-bored eucalyptus tree. So in short it’s a branch of a koala tree that had a center hollowed out by termites.
Anyway so the two men at the stand were the creators and artists and they were awesome! They encouraged me to try different types and work on making a beat. They helped me to build confidence because it was quiet embarrassing when the sound just sounded awful, but by the time we left I had a decent sound!
We were walking around when I was intrigued by a stand selling didgeridoos! Now for those of you who are less familiar with what a didge is…it is one of the oldest known wind instruments. The didgeridoo was created by the Aboriginal Australians and is still played at ceremonial events accompanied by dancing and singing.. The didgeridoo is a piece of termite-bored eucalyptus tree. So in short it’s a branch of a koala tree that had a center hollowed out by termites.
Anyway so the two men at the stand were the creators and artists and they were awesome! They encouraged me to try different types and work on making a beat. They helped me to build confidence because it was quiet embarrassing when the sound just sounded awful, but by the time we left I had a decent sound!
So they main guy at the stand handed me a didge with hand painted sunshines and a sea turtle.
At this very moment I knew it was a calling. The didgeridoo was so symbolic for my experience in Australia! The sunshine represented my spirituality and the turtle represented the love I’ve developed for rescueing and rehabilitating sea turtles back to health at UnderWater World. I knew I had to get the didge! I had wanted one for so long, the symbolism was perfect and he knocked down the price $50 because I was a student!!!
Corinne on the other hand took to the UGG shop! We found a decent priced shop selling true Australian UGGs, not the “Made in China” crap we have in the US of A! She knew she needed to get them when they had a beautiful pink, have a sweet Aussie tag on the back and the tred on the bottom says AUS with a the AU flag! Too cool!
We also picked up a few hand painted and carved boomerangs! Needless to say Corinne and I spent over $500 in like 2 hours! Hahaha I guess it was kind of materialistic, but life’s short and you have to splurge every once in a while!
At this very moment I knew it was a calling. The didgeridoo was so symbolic for my experience in Australia! The sunshine represented my spirituality and the turtle represented the love I’ve developed for rescueing and rehabilitating sea turtles back to health at UnderWater World. I knew I had to get the didge! I had wanted one for so long, the symbolism was perfect and he knocked down the price $50 because I was a student!!!
Corinne on the other hand took to the UGG shop! We found a decent priced shop selling true Australian UGGs, not the “Made in China” crap we have in the US of A! She knew she needed to get them when they had a beautiful pink, have a sweet Aussie tag on the back and the tred on the bottom says AUS with a the AU flag! Too cool!
We also picked up a few hand painted and carved boomerangs! Needless to say Corinne and I spent over $500 in like 2 hours! Hahaha I guess it was kind of materialistic, but life’s short and you have to splurge every once in a while!
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