Mid March saw me start work at a
busy cafe in Crows Nest, 'Kurtosch' – it sells the yummiest
selection of cakes and cheesecakes. It's definitely not a dream job,
and steals most of my evenings from me which is annoying, but it will
pay the bills for now!
My circus life has seen some exciting developments – great news for Chinese Pole – the first rubber coated poles Sydney has ever seen went up at Aerialise, and I have a fab pole partner to train with. So it's a lot easier to train...I just have to find the time!
And secondly - achieving my first catch in Flying Trapeze! First with friends and colleagues and then a class of paying customers...admittedly only two people were good enough to hit the position, but it was still good practice getting in to the locks, and what a buzz! My thighs are now permanently bruised from practicing but I love it :)
My circus life has seen some exciting developments – great news for Chinese Pole – the first rubber coated poles Sydney has ever seen went up at Aerialise, and I have a fab pole partner to train with. So it's a lot easier to train...I just have to find the time!
And secondly - achieving my first catch in Flying Trapeze! First with friends and colleagues and then a class of paying customers...admittedly only two people were good enough to hit the position, but it was still good practice getting in to the locks, and what a buzz! My thighs are now permanently bruised from practicing but I love it :)
Me and Will - my first ever catch! 22.03.14
Me and Kat
...and with a real-life customer!
The Easter holidays was a fantastic fortnight for me. Flying Trapeze was on everyday and I went in to 'work' each morning on the train with a smile on my face thinking how lucky I was to get paid to hang upside down and have fun. It reminded me that this is what I'm looking for. Although either side of Easter I caught myself wondering whether the financial insecurities and cafe work are worth it, when I've only got steady weekend circus work which could be done alongside a 'normal' job. But in the end I decided that this is my year out of the office; and even if I change jobs it's important that I'm working a casual one so that I can keep looking for and take any circus opportunities that come my way.
My 'uniform' :)
Over the Easter weekend I took a small break from circus to fly down to Melbourne, visit my old friend Dani and take a trip along the Great Ocean Road. Luckily for me, Dani has a car and was happy to drive! It doesn't take long before you're out of Melbourne and already driving alongside some spectacular scenery.
Dani casually asked me as we drove past a little place called Aireys
Inlet and a small lighthouse whether we had 'Round the Twist' in the
UK at which I got inordinately excited, insisted on a stop and lots
of photos!
Then we drove onwards to the Twelve
Apostles...although there are only seven of them now because of
erosion!
I wasn't sure I could tell exactly why
this next rock formation was specifically 'London' Bridge, but it was definitely
a bridge! A little further down, Gibson's Steps allow you to get
right down to beach level and access the beautiful coastline – just
a shame it wasn't hot and sunny!
That evening we drove back to our motel
via Melba Gully where we waited amongst the trees until after dark
for the glow-worms to come out. And after a slightly false start (Is
it dark enough yet? Is that one? Or is it a leaf?) we found zillions
and zillions of them! Shining like constellations in the earth. It
was amazing and so beautiful. A very cool experience! Sadly that was
all we had time for (alhough not so sad to leave our motel!) - we
drove back to Melbourne on the Monday – but I had a brilliant and
refreshing trip, and came back ready to tackle Sydney and new
challenges again.
