Six Young Women have invaded Mauritius

COUNTRY: Mauritius
PROGRAM: UniBreak
PROJECT: Marine Conservation
WRITTEN BY: Emalyn, Jessie, Nikola, Amelia, Tash and Dani

Six young Homo Sapien females have recently invaded Mauritius, a tropical island off the south coast of Africa. Hailing from the far reaches of Australia, they converged at Perth airport last Sunday in order to launch a synchronized attack on Plaisance Airport.

Since their arrival these women, renowned for having an open nature, have formed a tight gaggle along with the recent addition of an alpha male.
Daily life of the six young women consists mainly of waking up mid-morning, constructing a semi-nutritious breakfast and making their way to Chanteau Vent to meet the Alpha Male for a break down of the day’s work. The line between work and pleasure is often difficult to discern within this species.

The gaggle of girls then proceeds to the vessel of love in which they will travel to the research site. On approaching the vessel a new underdog, with tattoos and a ponytail, posing as the vessel’s skipper, suddenly presents a new threat to the Alpha male’s position within the gaggle.

The research conducted by the gaggle takes the form of a 70 metre transect laid out on the reef floor, along which they snorkel leisurely in pairs counting particular fish species. The gaggle’s first attempt at this research method proves to be somewhat dismal, and this was not helped by the interference of a rival gaggle, posing as ‘tourists’ who mistakenly removed the transect as they believed it to be a pollutant to the reef. However their spirit is not broken and their will to carry on and make a difference continues.

After a few hours of this research and marine-based observation, the gaggle retires to land in search of food. The first group shopping trip proves to be mildly unsuccessful and disorganised (following in the footsteps of their scatter-brained Alpha Male), the gaggle returning with only copious amounts of liquor, chocolate and not a single vegetable in sight.

Aside from conducting transects, the educational experience of the gaggle continues through a visit to the seagrass meadow to study, examine and document photographically, the juvenile fish species in their nurseries. In addition to the seagrass meadow, a trip is made to Blue Bay’s marine reserve to witness the devastating destruction of the reefs. A mix of coral bleaching, overfishing, polluting and excessive boat use, stemming from a lack of enforced regulations within the protected area of Blue Bay, has undermined the integrity of the reef and destroyed its splendid submerged scenery. It is because of this destruction that the gaggle has decided to volunteer their time to interacting with previously established research and conservation group situated in Blue Bay.

Indulging their collective natures they expand their known territory to include the Capital Region of Port Louis, where they encounter the city’s fish market and put their newly acquired knowledge of the local fish species to good use.
All in all, the week ends happily on a rainy, hungover, Sunday afternoon.

P.S Gaggle encounters to initiate themselves into the local population:
• Sunday 13th: family dinner
• Monday 14th: Lagon Bleu welcome drinks on the beach
• Wednesday 16th: Dinner at the Steakhouse with members of the Lagon Bleu pod
• Friday 18th: Nest warming ‘Barbeque’ (at which they displayed the typical homosapien trait of drunken debauchery)
• Saturday 19th: Lots of mopping and an encounter with the invading Dutch student troops in the nocturnal institutes (nightclubs) of Grand Baie.

P.P.S
Meanwhile, civil war has erupted within the nest between the gaggle and the Common Mauritian Gecko, who have demonstrated their aggression towards the gaggle with silent ambushes, invasions of cereal boxes and untimely wakeup calls. More to come on this rivalry.