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Day 7- Sunday, September 8th We did some more sight-seeing for our last full day. First we went to Castle Rock Beach and hung out there for a bit while Karen too more pictures. Then we drove up the road to a fresh water spring where they decided it would be a good idea to throw my shoes in the middle so I had to go get them, then proceeded to splash me when I did so. My friends are so nice (: Then we drove out to Canal Rocks, which I heard were pretty amazing and I heard correctly. The bridge to the end had been damaged by the storm, but we were able to climb the rocks to a bunch of different points and saw some pretty good views. I climbed to the top ... read more

Day 5- Friday, September 6th We got up pretty early again, partly because we went to bed at 9, partly because we had to leave by 10. The plan for the day was to go to as many beaches as possible, which I think we did a pretty good job accomplishing. And it was amazing! The scenery down in this part of WA is simply breathtaking. Every place we went was so beautiful and each had its own feel. We went back to Prevelley first to see it in the day time. I picked up some shells while we were there. Then we went to Yallingup where we saw surfers and Karen almost stepped on a Bob Tail lizard. It was so funny because Carla had just warned us about them and said they bite. Not ... read more

Day 3- Wednesday, September 4th Ollie told me he would take me out to teach me to drive his car in the morning. Most of the cars here are manuals and I have only had one short lesson right before I left for this trip and I wanted to learn how to drive. Plus I wanted to practice driving on the left side before getting on to a road. We never made it that far though. We drove to the back of this industrial park so there wouldn’t be any cars around while I was learning. He saw this path that lead off the road and down toward a lake and he decided to follow it. There was some guy in an SUV driving around in the middle of the lake, which was odd. Literally driving ... read more

Hello again! Just got back yesterday from a week-long vacation down to the south of Western Australia. It was such an amazing experience and I had a phenomenal time (: Because we did so much and there is so much to write about, I am going to break my entries up by the day so they aren’t too long and overwhelming. Day 1- Monday, September 2nd Classes ended on Friday the 30th but we didn’t leave until Monday. Carla, the one who drove us down, had to work Monday night so we left as soon as she was finished. The idea for the trip was to go down to Bunbury, which is where Carla is from, to stay with her family and she would show us around the rest of the area. A lot of the ... read more

First week of classes complete! So far they don't seem that much different from classes in the US, just different material and everyone has an accent. I'm rather excited about the classes I am enrolled in, which are Australian Studies, Indigenous Culture and Health, and Doing Social Research. They all seem really interesting and I really like all of my professors. Aside from going to class, my week has been quite exciting. We bought a package deal on paintball and 30 of us are going to play next weekend. Crazy that I have only been here 2 weeks and already know that many people plus some. Then today my friend Karen and I went to the Aussie Rules footy game which was awesome. They had some free tickets for international students so we jumped on that ... read more