Xtina in Oz

Last weekend, Jack and I decided we needed to get out of the city. So we packed our bags and headed south on the Nepean Highway to the Mornington Peninsula. Just over an hour outside of Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsular forms one half of Port Phillip Bay, and is home to many wineries and big, expensive houses! We chose to stay in Sorrento, the second-to-last town on the peninsula, primarily because we found cheap accommodation there! That proved to be the only inexpensive thing, though. A cheap Chinese dinner turned out not to be cheap at all, and all of our breakfast choices were over-priced and unsatisfactory. However, the hostel was very nice, and the "village" of Sorrento was almost quaint! After a good night's rest, we ventured out to Cape Schank, on the southeast corner of the Peninsula, to see the lighthouse there. Upon arrival at the carpark, though, we discovered the lighthouse was a paid attraction! So we decided just to walk the coastline instead, and g...

Well hello. I know it's been a while. Somebody recently said to me, "You should have a blog!" and I responded, "I do!" And so here I am, updating. My main impetus for this post is to pimp out the lovelies at CircaNICA - who I've been volunteering for since January. I didn't have any real background in circus when I walked in the door, but they jumped at my talent agency experience. I've been primarily helping with the website, which finally went live in April, I think. CircaNICA is a branch of NICA (National Institute of Circus Arts), which is Australia's only Bachelor of Circus Arts program. And I thought a Bachelor of Fine Arts was useless! Haha, no actually these kids are insanely talented. Jack and I went to see the final year students show, "Lucy and the Lost Boy" and it was incredible. And haven't we all wanted to run away and join the circus at some point? Anyway, I'm working on getting CircaNICA on the social media, ...