What A Week: I Dominated My GMAT, Got My UMKC Acceptance Letter, and Sold My House...

This summer, we are spending 3 weeks in Sydney on the University of New South Wales campus. We arrived in Sydney by bus on Saturday afternoon and checked into our student dorm in the New College building. To name these dorms “New College,” was very deceitful; they are probably the oldest, nastiest dorms I’ve seen! I have to keep reminding myself that I’m only staying here for 3 short weeks!

Sarah and I have trips planned for every weekend we are in Sydney: long weekends in both New Zealand and Melbourne and Hunter Valley/Blue Mountains day trips. We are going to New Zealand with one of Sarah’s friends from the States, Erin. Erin is in Sydney doing an internship with a publishing house in downtown. We are going to Melbourne with Jo, from our class, and two students from the Imaging class. Jo is also going to come on our Blue Mountains tour, but Sarah and I will be doing the Hunter Valley wine tour by ourselves.

We have had a busy first week in Sydney! On Saturday, our day of arrival, we had a short orientation, threw our bags in our rooms, and headed for the train station. Our typically group of 9 of us had purchased tickets to the International Rugby Game (Australia v. France) at Sydney Olympic Park. We left the dorms early so we could have time to explore Olympic Park and purchase Wallaby merchandise before the game. We were all star struck as we walked around the park and there was no doubt we were tourists! We got all geared up in yellow and green, grabbed a quick dinner, drank a few beers, and headed into the game. Once inside, we discovered that although we were in one of the end zones (is that what it’s called for Rugby too?), our seats were amazing!! The guys had learned about the general basics of the game from our main professor, Pete, but the girls were all completely lost! The guys were really patient with us and explained it the best they could, but we were helpless! Nonetheless, the game was a blast!! We jumped on the train and headed back to the city. Once we got to Central Station, we all decided we were hungry and went exploring. As we were walking around, we decided to save the bus ticket and walk all the way back to the dorms (thinking it wasn’t thaaaaaaat far!). We broke up the nice 3 hour walk with some kebabs and pizza.

We woke up on Sunday, grabbed breakfast together, and went to explore the city. If you ever see a group of 8 American students wondering around with no direction, it’s probably us! We are all too laid back and never have a plan. We’ll be doing something, stop to look at something, and stand around for an hour before someone finally asks what we are doing! We spent Sunday down by the Harbor admiring the Sydney Harbor Bridge and the Opera House. We also spent quite a bit of time in the Royal Botanic Gardens before getting lost and caught in a downpour! After FINALLY finding the gate out of the park, we ducked inside a noodle house (Who knew Sydney had a Wagamama’s too!? I LOVED it in London and was excited we stumbled onto it here!) before heading back to the dorms. Everyone else sat in the common room and watch the first Transformers while I studied for my GMAT. I was able to take both practice tests the GMAC provided. FYI, I rocked those practice tests!! My first GMAT score was embarrassing, but I increased it on both practice tests by 130 and 110 points respectively.

Monday morning was spent taking our campus tour and getting our student ID cards. We were supposed to have both our politics and sports class Monday afternoon, but our sports professor never showed up! After class, we grabbed dinner and headed to Darling Harbor. We had ordered tickets to see Transformers 2 on the world’s largest IMAX, which is located in Sydney. Surprisingly, Transformers was actually a good movie. After doing some research, I learned the screen was 8 stories high and 10 stories wide!!! It was MASSIVE!! We called it an early night and headed back to campus after the movie.

Tuesday morning was D-Day (AKA my GMAT retake day). I was feeling more confident this time around and had cleared my head on Monday by not studying at all. Sarah, being the AMAZING friend she is, got up with me early to grab breakfast. After breakfast, I jumped in a cab and headed to the testing site.. arriving an hour early!! I went upstairs to see if I could start my exam early and they let me. 4 hours later… I pressed “grade my exam” and….. I received the score I needed to get into UMKC!! Let me back up, I needed a 460 to get into UMKC, but my personal goal was nothing below a 500. I had scored a 550 and 530 on my practice exams. I told Sarah that if I didn’t get at least a 500, I was going to take a semester of classes at a local community college to reach my 150 (I’m only 13 credits away) and spending the remaining 8 months (until I start work full-time) traveling and volunteering abroad. Guess what… I got a 500 exactly. I was a little (okay, a lot) disappointed with my score. I increased my verbal section by 5 points from my highest score (between my first exam and the two practice exams). I ran out of time on my quantitative section (MAJORLY RAN OUT OF TIME!!!) and scored 10 points lower than my lowest score on my practice exams (which was higher than my first exam!). So, I’m yet again not happy with my score, but it works I guess!! After class on Tuesday, our little group of 8 went in search of some Mexican food. We actually found a place down the road from our dorms. I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this yet, but most restaurants in Australia are BYO for a SMALL corkage fee. So we grabbed a few bottles of wine and beer and went to enjoy some decent Mexican food. Anyone that knows me pretty well knows how much I love Mexican food, so it was good enough to satisfy my craving! After dinner, we walked back to campus and grabbed our laptops. The entire campus is wireless…. Except for our dorms! So we have to walk to the quad behind our building to get wireless. After quickly checking facebook and email, we all headed inside to call it a night. I know I was personally mentally and physically exhausted!

I woke up early Wednesday morning to do laundry in preparation of our trip to New Zealand. I haven’t done laundry since Darwin and I’m glad I waited! Laundry on campus is only $1 AUD verse the $3 AUD I paid in Darwin! Free drying helped out too! After class, we went to Coogee Beach to eat at a restaurant that runs a promotion on Wednesday nights. If you purchase a drink ($4AUD), you get a steak, chips (fries), and salad for only $4 AUD. It was our celebration night out in honor of my GMAT score, Tommy’s AMAZING MCAT score, and Ben’s job offer as a broadcaster for the UC-Davis campus radio station. A night filled with numerous pitchers of beer and a few tequila shots, it was definitely a great celebration! I was smart and celebrated my GMAT AFTER the fact, instead of the night before like I did the first time I took it!! I must point out that Allie and I kicked ass and took names at pool that night… I think at one point we were on a 7 game winning streak verse 3 different teams.

Needless to say… Thursday morning was rough….. but WELL WORTH IT!!

Ever Went on a Kangaroo Hunt Off-Road in a Tour Bus?

After Kakadu, we spent a few more days in Darwin (see Darwin post) before getting on another 2 planes and heading to Canberra, the Washington DC of Australia. Every time we meet Aussies, they always ask why in the world we are going to Canberra, but I found it pretty interesting! Originally, when we were in the International Business class, we were supposed to leave Darwin on Thursday, but our new History class was scheduled to leave on Wednesday. Sarah and I attempted to change our flight, but it was going to cost us too much. Kate, one of our program supervisors, told us she would be able to get us on the flight with the rest of the group. We arrived at the airport and were told we couldn’t get on the flight because it was full. Kate started to call Jan, the head program lady, when the ticket lady came slowly up to her, whispered in Kate’s ear, and walked off quickly. Kate smiled really big and informed us that Sarah and I were going to make the flight with the rest of the group! When we boarded the flight and saw that our seats were in the unaccompanied minors section, which the group found quite fitting for Sarah and I. After a long flight (3.5 hours… Australia is huge!!), a short layover, and another flight, we arrived in Canberra. We spent the first night at the hostel pub eating pizza (for the first time since we’ve left—Sarah was dying!) and drinking a little bit. We called it an early night and headed back to our rooms. This was BY FAR the nicest hostel we have stayed in.

We woke up early on Thursday and had a busy day. We started off by driving to the highest point just outside of Canberra to learn about the layout of the town, which is a planned city. We drove back down the “mountain” and headed to the Australian War Memorial. I’ve been to Washington DC a few times, but this War Memorial blew me away. We were able to spend a few hours walking around learning about the wars that Aussies had participated in. One exhibit they had was over different airplanes the Australian Air Force has flown and I took numerous photos for my dad. We left the Memorial and headed down Anzac Parade to the New Parliament House. Canberra is set up in a really cool way. Parliament is on a slight hill and you are able to look straight down a long street (which is lines with more War Memorials and Statues) into the Australian War Memorial’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Our guide at Parliament told us this was designed so that every member of Congress could always look out their office window and remember what war does to Australia and its citizens. Both the Senate (Upper House) and House of Representatives (Lower House) were still in session and we were able to sit in and listen to both houses. Australian politics is really interesting in that they have a “question” session where any Member of Parliament can ask any other member any question they want. There is quite a scandal going on in Australian Politics involving a possible bribe and some false emails. We were able to sit in on question time during this point and it got REALLY interesting. There was a lot of commotion at several points in the House of Representatives!!

After leaving Parliament, we decided to do some shopping at the Target we spied earlier that morning. Someone in our group had the idea to cook dinner at the hostel to save some money. We made a group trip to the market to pick out our dinner, which ended up being a salad, potatoes, and chicken. Everyone pitched in on dinner outside on the balcony. Have I mentioned how COLD Canberra is?! We traded bikinis and tank tops for WINTER COATS!!! After dinner, we decided to take a dip in the pool/hot tub (which was actually hot this time… have I told the story about the “hot” tub trip in Darwin?!) before watching Role Models on my laptop in the common area. It was probably pretty cute to see six of us curled up on a couch watching a movie on my laptop!

Friday topped off our trip in Canberra. We started by taking a trip to the National Museum of Australia. It was neat to explore the museum, learning about Australian history and culture. Naturally, Sarah and I eventually “stumbled” onto the Children’s Section (oh we found it at the War Memorial too…..) and the Museum Store. While in the museum, we saw the bus driver hanging out. Sarah and I talked to him for a bit and informed him that we had yet to see live wild Kangaroos yet. He promised us that he would make sure we would see some before we left for Sydney. At first I thought he was pulling our leg (kind of like when he told us he worked at NASA and just drove tour buses on his days off..?), but we will get back to that thought later! We left the museum, grabbed lunched from a market, and headed to the waterfront to have a picnic. Then came my favorite part of the day: The Australian National Zoo!! We all thought we were just walking around the zoo until we were handed release forms to fill out. Turns out, we had a backstage guided tour to get up close and personal with the animals. The first thing we did was feed a 15 year old tiger raw meat!!! Next, we fed apples to an Eland (google it, I didn’t know what it was either). Ben’s day was made because the Elands lived in the same pen as the Zebras! Next, we met a giraffe and fed her some carrots. Talk about a long slimy tongue!! Next, we walked into this gate and discovered…… drum roll… KANGAROOS!!! If you walked very slowly, they would allow you to approach them and pet them. My day was made!! In this pen, we were also able to fed Emus. Talk about a creepy bird! They walk funny, stare you in the eye, and pluck the food out of your hand!! The Emu was the only animal I was uncomfortable able feeding!

When we left the zoo, the bus driver informed us we were going on a mission to find kangaroos. We stared by driving to the Royal Canberra Golf Course (a members only golf course).. in a giant tour bus. We left the main clubhouse and started down this road. All of a sudden, we took the bus OFF THE ROAD and through the grass looking for Roos. The tour guide didn’t disappoint. At the back of the golf course, just passed a fence, there was a “herd” of kangaroos eating. We got off the bus and crept up on them. They didn’t get us get too close, but we saw wild kangaroos!! We got back to the hostel, did a little more shopping (I wanted Uggs!), and headed to dinner. A few of us made the bad decision to go out Friday night, which I regretted the next morning!!! We left the hostel early (I intelligently didn’t pack the night before either) and headed towards Sydney, which was only a 4 hour (although very painful...)bus ride.

I Survived Camping in "The Bush"!

To help bond as a group and learn more about the Aboriginals in Australia, we broke out into smaller groups (our included our class and the other small class, Imaging Australia) and went on a three day camping trip in Kakadu National Park, Australia’s largest National Park. Our group left Darwin on Thursday morning and headed straight to the Adelaide River for a Jumping Crocodile Cruise. Before we boarded the cruise, we were able to play with a few large snakes. I think I can still feel them squirming on my shoulders!! Once on the boat, a guide took a large chunk of raw meat and attached it to a stick. We drove the boat down the river and crocs started to follow us. The guide held the stick up and the crocs would rise out of the water and eat the meat. The crocs are not trained and jump because they are used to jumping out of the water to eat birds off the low hanging branches of trees. We were on the water for approximately an hour and saw over 25 crocs swimming in the river or sunbathing on the shore of the river.

The first place we visited once inside the park was Ubirr, in the East Alligator Region. We walked around Ubirr and looked at several Aboriginal rock art sites before climbing to the top. Once at the top of Ubirr, we got a spectacular view of Arnhem Land and the Nadab floodplains. After we hiked down, we found our way back to camp, which had already been set up by a few of our guides. We all showered and settled into our tents while our guides cooked us dinner. That first night, we just sat around the bonfire, talking and playing guitar. The temperature drastically drops in Kakadu at night and so Sarah and I recruited Jo to come sleep in our tent for extra body heat. I’m not the best camp sleeper (I can’t sleep when I think I’m going to FREEZE), so I didn’t get much sleep. Jo, Sarah, and I all randomly busted up laughing at 3 AM cursing the LOUD birds and lack of sunlight (we were praying for the sun to rise so we could warm back up!). After a FREEZING shower and a quick breakfast, we loaded up for another fun-filled, packed day.

We started the morning out in the Yellow Water Wetlands. There was a boardwalk that allowed us to actually go out into the wetlands safely. After getting eaten alive (the “mozzies” are HORRIBLE down by the water) and seeing some more crocs, we headed to the Warradjan Aboriginal Cultural Center. We were able to explore the center (which is shaped like a giant pig-nosed turtle) and learn more about the Aboriginals in Kakadu. To follow up, we went to Mandy’s, an Aboriginal lady that opens her home up to visitors interested in learning more about the Aboriginal culture. We got a tour of their land (and ate water lily, which tastes like celery) before separating so the guys could do “Men Business” and the girls could do “Women Business”. The girls learned to weave bracelets. We learned how weaving was important in finding a husband. If you couldn’t weave, you weren’t going to find a husband! The guys learned how to paint Aboriginal style (like the rock art) and to play the didgeridoo. They had a contest at the end, which Tommy won and was given a didgeridoo to take home as his prize. We left Mandy’s and headed to Nourlangie to do some more hiking and look at more Aboriginal rock art. I had a hard time making out some of the art at other sites, but I was able to tell what some of the pictures were saying at Nourlangie. The Aboriginals used rock art to share their knowledge and tell stories. There was a boat at Nourlangie that was to tell the story of when White people landed in Australia. We had one other hike (I can’t remember the site) that afternoon that took us to another amazing view. It was nice to reach the top and just sit down to take the view in. You can see for MILES at the top of some of these sites. We arrived back at Yellow Waters in time to watch a sunset (gets me every time!). When we got back to camp, the Tourism class had arrived at Kakadu. The first night, there were only 30 people including students, professors, and guides. The tourism class made our group count rise to 65! Before dinner, one of the guides told us the story of the didgeridoo and then played it for us. That night for dinner we were able to try kangaroo for the first time. Surprisingly, it was pretty good! After dinner, a small group of us from our class (maybe 7?) decided to sneak away from camp. The sky is so clear down here and you are really able to see the stars. We snuck away to lie in the grass outside of camp and look at the stars. We saw the Milky Way and the Southern Cross. I think we were gone for a total of 30 minutes and probably saw over 15 falling stars!! Since we were so cold the first night, we decided to add to our tent once again (please keep in mind this was a 2 person tent now sleeping 4). I don’t know if it was the added body heat or the Tylenol PM I took, but either way I was finally able to get some sleep!

We woke up Saturday morning, packed our bags, ate a quick breakfast and headed to Gunlom Falls. The falls are part of the South Alligator River that partially dries up in the dry season and creates little plunge pools. We had to hike quite a ways up to the falls, but it was totally worth it in the end!! I’ve never swam in such a serene location before. There was probably five little pools to swim in, all separated by rocks. In the wet season, it’s one huge river. You had to be careful in the last pool because it went STRAIGHT down a waterfall. We swam for a few hours before making it back to Darwin in time to watch the Quanta’s Wallabies take on Italy in an International Rugby Game. Oh, I can’t forget to mention the termite hills!! They were GIANT tower looking mounds that took termites hundreds of years to make. On the way out of the park, we stopped at one to take photos and see up close.

The three days we spent in Kakadu were amazing. We really bonded as a group and visited some amazing areas of the park. I love camping anyways and it was neat camping in “The Bush” of Australia. Kakadu was really interesting because there are six very different landscapes apparent in the park. We were in the Savanna woodlands, Monsoon forests, Southern Hills, Stone Country, flatlands, and floodplains.

In Great Company

I feel like there are some people I must introduce before I get too far into blogging about this summer. As I've mentioned (I think?), our summer program is offering around 5 classes this summer with a total of around 150 students enrolled. Somehow, we lucked out and are enrolled in the smallest class with only 11 students. I'm slightly in love with our entire class!!!

Our professor, Pete, is from the University of Notre Dame- Sydney. He is one of the funniest, most laid back, and knowledgeable professors I've had!! I'm not a huge fan on history or politics, but I can listen to Pete all day long.

There are 3 students from Georgetown University in our class. Kevin and Tommy are both pre-med students. Johanna is a history major (fitting for our class huh?). Kevin and Tommy are both two of the nicest guys I've met! Sarah and I have really bonded with Jo (Can we talk about the three of us sharing a two person tent at Kakadu to stay warm?!)

It's hard to forget Will Farr.... Ben!! Ben is from the University of California- Davis where he is majoring in something that involves him being a sports broadcaster on the side. Ben is always keeping Sarah on her toes and keeping the entire group laughing (and singing "Blinded by the Light)!!

Ian is from Washington University in St. Louis (the classmate that lives the closest to me) and is always telling us crazy stories about his "friends", but we are starting to think "friend" might be a cover-up for him :)

Oh Allie... where to start on this one (J/K)!! Allie attends the University of Tennessee and she is another one Sarah and I have really bonded with. I love the random song outbursts that she is known to have!

Another University of California - Riverside student is Felicia. She had to live with Sarah and I for the 10 days in Darwin and put up with us nicely :)

The last girl in our class is Mallory and she is from UConn. She isn't allowed to Karaoke with us anymore because this girl shows us all up!!

The last guy in our class is Billy from Hamilton College in New York. He is a little quieter than the other boys in our class, but has his fair share of random outburst that get us all laughing!

There are 5 guys and 6 girls in our class and everyone of them is great!! We have really clicked and bonded right away. I love that we all hang out so much outside of class too. It's normal to find us all going to dinner or exploring the latest town we are in.

We have met many of the other students from other classes as well. Our class spends the entire time travelling with the Imaging class. We have booked a side trip with a few students from that class to Melbourne for a long weekend.

I have to mention Kate in this post as well. I'm not sure of her exact title, but she works as for UNSW and helps coordinate our program. There was this one time that Sarah and I booked our flight from Darwin to Canberra on the wrong day (surely not us!?), but leave it to Kate to manage to get us on the flight. Let's not forget to mention that we were in the unaccompanied minors section, which Kate found very fitting. She told me today in fact that "It's a good thing Sarah and I realize we need handling!". Ohhhh Kate!!!! :)

Yes, I tried Vegemite... I'll stick to Peanut Butter...

G’Day from the top of Australia! I’ve had such a busy 10 days that I’m going to split this between 3 blogs! FYI, I’m sitting on my 5th flight of this adventure and will be on yet another flight later today.


We arrived in Darwin, located on the Top End of Australia in the Northern Territory on Sunday, June 14. We got situated into the hostel (Melaleuca on Mitchell) we would call home for the next 10 days before taking a scenic walk down to the Mindil Markets. Darwin is famous for the Mindil Markets, held every Thursday evening and on Sunday evenings during the dry season. Situated off the beach are booths of crafts, clothes, and food from all over the world. This first Sunday, we just grabbed dinner and headed to the beach to eat, sink our feet in the sand, and watch yet another spectacular sunset. After this summer, I’m going to be spoiled on grabbing dinner, a bottle of wine, and settling in to watch unbelievable sunsets!! This past Sunday, we went back to the markets and did some shopping. Hmmm my bank account could have gone without seeing Mindil Markets again!!! I was able to buy some really neat souvenirs though! We had heard that one really cool way to explore Darwin is on bikes, which our class did together one afternoon. We “loaded up” and headed to the Northern Territory Museum to learn about the Aboriginals in the N.T. Naturally, Sarah and I found the children’s section instead, but much to our disappointment, there was no crafts or things to play with. Upon leaving the museum, we headed down to the Espionage, where we visited a few war memorials. One of them was one of the cannons off a US military ship shot down during WWII by the same Japanese fleet that attacked Pearl Harbor. Other activities we did in Darwin consisted of an afternoon at Crocosaurus Cove playing with baby crocodiles. Sarah and I spent a couple afternoons exploring the shops around Darwin. Darwin was a really neat town with that “beachy” town feel. We also spent a whole afternoon at an internet café uploading pictures and updating our blogs. Laundry was another must while in Darwin after being gone for over 2 weeks! One evening, nine of us from our class walked down to Cullen Bay for a sunset cruise aboard the Spirit of Darwin. We were a little out of place on the cruise (the other cruisers were from a senior citizen tour group!), but the sunset was AMAZING!! We saw some orange sunsets in Fiji, but this was purely a deep RED sunset. After we disembarked, we all went out to dinner before heading to our favorite pub to karaoke. This was one of my favorite evenings in Darwin (any night that ends with a shopping cart ride is a great one in my book!!)—Talk about some bonding time!!! On our last night in Darwin, our entire group went to the Deckchair Cinema (yes, you sit in lawn chairs and the “theatre” is outdoors!) to watch Ned Kelly, a movie about an Australian Icon who was a bushranger in the 1800s. After the movie, we grabbed a late dinner before heading to the hostel to pack. I feel like we did everything in Darwin that we had picked out to do after pouring over travel books. So far, Darwin is my favorite Australian city, but we have many more to visit!!

It's like Vegas on Crack

I’m officially sitting on flight #4 in a just a over a week. I’m going to get really used to airports and airplanes! Sarah and I have decided we might create another food group: Airplane food! It’s odd, they serve meals on every flight over here. Sarah and I were talking about it and I’m not sure I’ve ever been served a full on, hot meal on a US flight.


We left Octopus Resort on Friday, June 12th. The actual Octopus Boat we took to the island was broken, so we rode in a "water taxi" type boat that stopped at other resorts on the way back to the main island. It was really cool to see the other islands and resorts, but I'm even more confident that we stayed at the best resort Fiji has to offer :) We had heard some good things and some bad things about all of the hostels in Nadi. We said screw it, the exchange rate is AMAZING and booked a room at the Sheraton. It was nice to be able to repack our bags and get organized again... and sleep in a comfortable bed... and take a LOOOOOONG hot shower! I would like to point out that I went 9 days with no blow dryer or hair straightener..... We went back to the Port for a nice dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe. The food at Octopus was amazing, but it was great to have a nice dinner and just talk about Fiji. My pictures don’t begin to capture how unspoiled and surreal Waya Island was. The people are some of the nicest, unselfish people I’ve been around. They smile and sing and dance all the time. Sarah and I were talking about it over dinner and the Fijians have found that true happiness that comes straight from the heart. After dinner, we went back to the room to climb in our beds and do something we hadn’t been able to do for a week: internet!! It was nice to update the blog and post some pictures to Facebook. I’m having a hard time getting my pictures to upload to my blog, but I’m going to work on it more when we get to Darwin. We woke up early on Saturday and walked back to the port area. We were able to go shopping and buy all the souvenirs and presents we wanted to buy. In the shopping area was a jewelry store that caught my eye. I’m so my mother and grandmother’s relation… I had to check it out! I knew Fiji was known for their black pearls… and I’m now the proud owner of a Fiji single black pearl necklace. It will be a nice remembrance of Fiji and isn’t a typical souvenir. After shopping, we headed back to the hotel to pack our bags and head to the airport. We caught our flight from Nadi to Brisbane, Australia. The flight was a little longer than we thought it would be (4 hours!), but it was great study time (that dreaded GMAT!).


After arriving in Brisbane, we spoke with a couple from our flight and they recommended a few hostels. We ended up booking a room at a hostel they recommended: the Bunk. It was a very urban hostel right in the middle of Brisbane. This was by far our WORST hostel experience!! It was so loud and not really the cleanest one we've stayed in. We went for a nice Thai dinner and went to find a place to go enjoy Brisbane. The first place we went was recommended by our waitress, but we didn’t stay long. It was called Cloud Nine and was a brand new bar. The waitress had told us it cost $20 million to design, build, and open and we quickly saw how! It was immaculate!!! We grabbed a drink there and then decided to head back towards our hostel. There was another bar next to our hostel called Birdie that we decided to stay at for the rest of the night. The culture in Brisbane was really different: there were a lot of metro sexual people and their fashion was really different and urban. I don't even know how to describe this city!! It reminded me of a Vegas on crack... However, we have talked about flying back to Brisbane for a day or two at the very end of our program to do the Koala Experience we originally went to Brisbane to do. Our flight got moved around and so we didn't get to Brisbane in time to go to Lone Pine. We woke up (or didn't go to bed?) EARLY on Sunday and went back to the airport, where we met up with the other students in our program. We had another 3 hour long flight (I've flown so much in the past 2 months!!!), but it was nice to be able to talk to some of the other students and get to know them.

Photos

I'm having a hard time getting photos to attach to my blog. I made 1 full album on Facebook which can be found at:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2082052&id=62101602&l=cec7252edb


Enjoy!!