Marvelous Month of May

After lecture recess it was time to buckle down and actually get some work done. First up an essay for my natural resource management class about the issues of shark fisheries in the Great Barrier Reef. What I learned: it is basically impossible to have a sustainable shark fishery because of the fact that they are apex predators and k-strategists. Also they are highly at risk from being caught in gillnets from other fishing endeavors. Next up luckily a break because it was the labour day holiday for Australia and so we had a 3-day weekend. A friend that I had met at the beginning of the semester, Jason, who had moved to Brisbane came back up to Townsville to visit for the weekend. Saturday we went to the Cowboys game; the Cowboys are the local rubgy league team. Sunday we went to Groovin’ the Moo a music festival—my favorite was Vampire Weekend. The weekend was topped off with spending the day at Crystal Creek on Monday with dairy-free ice cream at the Frosty Mango. And now every time I try to study I end up procrastinating by looking up activities for Kim and I to do in Sydney and Melbourne ☺