In 2012, I moved from the Sunshine Coast to Melbourne to join the National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA). There wasn’t a big circus or acrobatics community where I grew up, so it felt exciting to be surrounded by 23 other teenagers who shared the same passion.
I was 17, the youngest of our year, and my allocated buddy was Cal. He was a year older, full of energy and had a way of making everyone laugh. We clicked instantly, and we took the rules of being a buddy very seriously – including giving each other a muffin if one of us was injured. We both ate a lot of muffins that year.
