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So we had Marine Biology in the morning. That class is quite a bore to be honest, during the lecture anyway. Basically everyone has to really focus on the guy to fall asleep. It’s not that he's a terrible professor; actually he's a very nice guy and knows his stuff and is excited about it. He just doesn’t present the information in a very engaging manner. Anyway, the second half of class we took a field trip to Byron Bay to collect water samples to classify plankton. I started to feel a little seasick, even though I had taken Dramamine. Haha. I'm a wimp.
So we collected the samples, and headed to Southern Cross University (the Uni as they call it here) to use their labs. Tracy was my partner so mostly we found stuff and she would figure out the classification and then I would draw and record it. It was okay.
On the bus ride home I was still feeling a little queasy to I went to sleep and woke up when the bus stopped, expecting to be back at camp. However, Phil (the groundkeeper and local know every plant and animal bushman) took us on a detour to a local waterfall. We hiked to the top and then Phil said he'd been to the bottom before. So we found a path that had been blocked off and made the hike down.
When we got back to camp I sat around for a while and went down to the cabins… you know, the usual. Came back and tried to fall asleep. But that doesn’t happen very easily when people start coming back from town for the night- especially your roommates.
So we had Marine Biology in the morning. That class is quite a bore to be honest, during the lecture anyway. Basically everyone has to really focus on the guy to fall asleep. It’s not that he's a terrible professor; actually he's a very nice guy and knows his stuff and is excited about it. He just doesn’t present the information in a very engaging manner. Anyway, the second half of class we took a field trip to Byron Bay to collect water samples to classify plankton. I started to feel a little seasick, even though I had taken Dramamine. Haha. I'm a wimp.
So we collected the samples, and headed to Southern Cross University (the Uni as they call it here) to use their labs. Tracy was my partner so mostly we found stuff and she would figure out the classification and then I would draw and record it. It was okay.
On the bus ride home I was still feeling a little queasy to I went to sleep and woke up when the bus stopped, expecting to be back at camp. However, Phil (the groundkeeper and local know every plant and animal bushman) took us on a detour to a local waterfall. We hiked to the top and then Phil said he'd been to the bottom before. So we found a path that had been blocked off and made the hike down.
When we got back to camp I sat around for a while and went down to the cabins… you know, the usual. Came back and tried to fall asleep. But that doesn’t happen very easily when people start coming back from town for the night- especially your roommates.
Tracy and I on the sample collecting boat
Another group out on the boat...
Yes, it looks calm here.. dont be fooled. Outside the bay...HUGE JUMPS in the boat.. I fell down.
The Waterfall
Under the Waterfall
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