We’ve been warned about week 4. Time and again our program directors and study abroad advisors have all told us that week 4 is break down week. Everyone begins to get really homesick and work starts getting intense. Well, it was quite a week. At the start of the week both my roommate and I lost our wallets on the bus. Same day, different bus. I was freaking out when I found out, I never loose things like that! She wasn’t as frazzled because that’s not too out of the norm for her… Well, Thank GOD after I called the bus depot around the area all morning the next day, they found it and I was able to pick it up that day!!!!! EVERYTHING was in there: ID’s, credit card, bus pass, everything! God is good. My roommate still hasn’t found hers…
This week was really busy with homework and projects. We had a group project that was specifically intense on Friday. After that, me and a few friends went to the beach to celebrate! Then Megan and I, not wanting to be home for dinner for many reasons (it’s complicated), got Thai food at a local restaurant. Thai food is everywhere here! It’s like they invaded Australia. It was delicious though J Then we packed for the weekend.
South Coast Trip!!!!! We drove about 3 hours south of Sydney to Jarvis Bay in the South Coast for an overnight stay at an Aboriginal National Park. We camped there and were given a tour/show/class of Aboriginal people, their customs and their history. It was definitely unique, but pretty cool. We were right on the beach (these beaches are known for having the whitest sand in the world!) and wallabies would hop around the whole site throughout the days… so cool! We went on a few hikes, to some botanical gardens, cooked BBQ, watched some Aboriginal traditional song and dances (which we participated in… yes we did), and had Australian s’mores (definitely not the same as American…). Megan, Sarah and I (we’ve gotten really close), shared a tent which was a blast! We didn’t get much sleep but that wasn’t our goal J We might have kept some other tents up for a bit… oops. We also went star gazing on the beach which was incredible! And I only had to pull two leaches off me all weekend…
Sunday morning we went to Shelley Beach where we saw a school of dolphins (at least 12-24) feeding in the bay. They were jumping up and out of the water, having a good old time! On the long bus ride home we stopped at a place called the “blow hole”. It’s a rock/cove bay in a town called, Kiama, where the waves crash into a cove that looks like a whale’s blow hole and it spurts straight up really far! It was pretty cool. We picnicked there for a late lunch then continued back to Sydney.
Weekend’s over, another week to come. I’m excited for whatever will happen; it’s always an adventure here J
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