http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Lismore/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , New South Wales , Lismore en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 20:31:40 +0000 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:31:40 +0000 Today we had an orientation day for our student teaching placements. We met the preschool center directors at the university to go over our requirements for our placements. We have assignments that we have to complete each week and we will be having 2 head weeks. Our head weeks are week 3 and 4 so we can get adjusted to the center before we do a head week and then we will be able to relax and http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Lismore/blog-719643.html So here it is my first morning waking up in Aussie and it39s a bit colder than I was thinking it might be. It feels like the fall breeze back in Minnesota. I39m happy to say that I woke up feeling replenished and on Aussie time. I can only hope that I hold this feeling throughout the day.Kelly and I woke up this morning and went on a run through the hills of Goonebellah and it was a beauti http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Lismore/blog-719414.html Arriving in Australia was definitely a long journey We left Minneapolis at about 545 P.M. on Thursday May 24th. From Minneapolis we had a 4 hour flight to LA. Then in LA we boarded our 15 hour flight to Sydney. The plane was huge There was a tv screen for each seat. We had our choice of about 30 movies there was also tons of music. There was a map that showed the progress of our flight and http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Lismore/blog-719385.html So I am 2 weeks and 5 days out I am having so many different feelings right now. I am very excited but somewhat sad to leave home. I have been on somewhat of an up and down emotional roller coaster lately it really helped just to talk things out with my amazing GF Maria and to talk with my parents. I think everyone realizes that this is a big change for me and especially me as I have never done a http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Lismore/blog-681345.html Hi all we had 4 wonderful days at Harrington with family and friends.Rodger actually caught 2 fish Bream that were keepers and we did enjoy for dinner one night.We had an enjoyable evening BBQing with all the family and also a great afternoon at the local pub with everyone. We went down to the local to watch our footy team play on the BIG screen. Our team The Knights won 40 8. You wil http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Lismore/blog-634070.html Port Augusta was the first place wed been to in eight months that wasnt new and daunting to us. We knew where we were going and what to expect it was kind of a weird feeling after winging it for so long The sense of familiarity was very short lived however because we were taking a new and different route back to the East Coast.The car which had served us very well had been overh http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Lismore/blog-555215.html Last week I worked all week and cleaned the house ready for my friends to move in then we moved the van to the local caravan park. Ive spent the past few days running around doing last minute organizational stuff and catching up with good friends to say goodbye. If all goes according to plan we will get new tyres on the car on Monday morning and then head down the coast. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Lismore/blog-468093.html Today is my first day of homestay in Lismore New South Wales. We are truly in the country. Today we had to stop on the road to move a snake before we could drive. There are gorgeous green rolling hills all around. The family I'm staying with is a single mother a 16 year old girl 18 year old boy a 10 year old boy and an adorable loving fat labrador. We went to a soccer match and it started to http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Lismore/blog-202297.html