Exciting Week

This week was absolutely amazing!!

Monday morning me and my roommates watched the US vs. Canada hockey game. It was an awesome game! Later in the day we all had our orientation so we went to that. That night there was a free BBQ! Free food is always great. We ate and met some new people. Tuesday we went to the beach in the morning then walked around Surfer's Paradise.

Wednesday morning Becca and I left for our trip to Byron Bay. We were with a group of international students from Griffith. On our way there we stopped at the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary. I got my picture taken with a Koala and got to see a bunch of animals. When we got to Byron Bay we went to our hostel and hung out there for a while. Later we went on a hike to the lighthouse, which is the most easterly point of the Australian mainland. It was a long walk...it took us about an hour to get there and we were hiking through the mountains. That was the best work out that I've had since i got here lol. That night we went to a club called Cheeky Monkeys. We got free food!! Me and Becca didn't stay very late. We ended up going to the grocery store where I was very excited to find some Ice Cream Sandwiches!! We spent the rest of the night hanging out at the hostel.

Thursday morning we got to sleep in. When we got up Becca and I walked around town and looked at some of the shops. That afternoon we went sea kyaking. That was a lot of work. We were hoping to get to see some dolphins, but they never showed up :( That night we hung out in the TV room and watched some movies.

Friday morning was our surfing lesson. It was raining when we first went out, but the skies ended up clearing up. I had a lot of fun surfing, and I actually rode a wave all the way in to the beach once!! After surfing we had lunch, then me and a girl from Arizona, her name is Kristen, went hang gliding. It was absolutely amazing!! I thought it would be scary, but the only really scary part was jumping off the platform. The rest of it was so much fun. The view was beautiful. I took a ton of pictures from the air and they are now on facebook. We headed home on the bus shortly after we got back from hang gliding.

Saturday we went shopping in the morning. We all needed some groceries and Becca and Karisse both got phones. That night there was a free bus to one of the clubs at Surfers called Sin City. We had bought a ticket earlier in the week that let us get 3 free drinks when we got there, so we decided to go and check it out. It was a pretty cool place. We didn't end up staying very long. After we left the club we walked around Surfers. It was a fun night!

Sunday was a pretty lazy day. We all slept in. We walked to campus so that I could figure out where my classes are. The exciting part about the day was that I finally got to talk to my mom. I hadn't talked to her for almost a week and it was awesome to get to talk to her!

My classes start tomorrow, Monday, and I am actually really excited! It will be nice to meet some more people.

This past week was probably one of the best weeks I've had since I've been here. Pictures are on facebook if you would like to see them!

Hope everyone is well!

Cheers

Sarah