The first day of school was pretty amazing. I was a slacker and couldn’t get myself out of bed to go to swim club... the healthiness is dropping already. I talked to Andrew and KR a bit before class and then at 9 headed up to the classroom. Professor Lockrey seems like a nice old man. We introduced ourselves, talked a bit about current Australian issues of concern and what not, watched parts of geographical DVD’s and listened to him lecture about other things. It was about a 2.5 hr lecture instead of 3 because we had to go back to our rooms and get stuff for our field trip to the rainforest.
It was about an hour bus ride to the fieldtrip destination… so I knocked myself out with Dramamine (see mom I told you I would use it!) Our guide showed us around this old school grounds/rainforest and showed us practical uses for different plants and animals and how each thing is individually responsible for some upkeep of the forest. Then we had a traditional Aussie meal. This consisted of a taste of both Kangaroo and Crocodile, pesto pasta, rice, salad (tree leaf kind), and some amazing bread/desert!
I definitely liked the kangaroo better than the croc. It was more like deer or chewy steak or something. The crocodile was white meat and had more of the fishy taste I’m not so fond of…but hey I tried them both!
After lunch we were lectured more about the history of Australia and the aboriginal beliefs and customs. Then we headed to the local swimming hole/waterfall. It was gorgeous and exciting hiking through the small rainforest. Some of the girls were being very…scared.. so I made sure I was always right with, if not ahead of the boys slipping on rocks to get further downstream.
Then we went to a pond to see platypus…the guide told us that we should be amazed because 90% of Australians had never seen one. Although the water was far away, and you could mostly just see outlines and movement, rather than an actual animal.
Then it was back to home. And I didn’t get sick on the drive! w/o meds or sleep! I tried to organize a group Colts Fans of Australia picture… but I only ended up with about 5 people. Oh well. We had our first Monday Night Meeting, which consisted of Steve grilling anything we brought. Julie- our GA- talked about the prices for extra things, boy this money is going to go FAST. I hung out with cabin 2 kids again. They’re fun. We played euchre and such. I can’t find my alarm. This means I’m going to miss swimming again and Steve will give me a harder time than he did today.
Oh- on the way back from the cabins a cane toad jumped on me... they're poisonous.. but only if you lick them.
Kangaroo on the left and Croc on the right
The Whole group in the swimming hole/waterfall in the rainforest
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