Well the first week and a half had gone great. After four plane rides in about two days we finally made it! It was a very long trip but right as we landed we knew it was worth it. All of our flights went well. Perfect weather at every stop. When we landed in Brisbane we had the bus waiting for us. It was about a two hour bus ride but amazing scenery all the way to Lismore.
Once we got to our campus we had an hour to find out where we were living and throw our stuff in our rooms. My apartment is nice, my room is a good size. Lots of closet space so that is great. Not a cloud in the sky and at least 90 degrees we had to take another bus to the shopping center to buy food and little things for our rooms.
The whole first week of being there was called O-week aka orientation week. It pretty much is a week of getting to know everyone that you live with and that are in the same apartment complex. Mine is called Orion. We have a pool which is awesome because it gets sooooo hot!! The first three days were clear blue skies and super hot but actually the last few have been pretty rainy, but I'm not complaining because there is no snow :)
There is a bar on campus called the Uni Bar that is where everyone goes almost every night. They have themes every thursday and the first Thursday was Alien theme so everyone dressed up as aliens as you can see in mine photos.
My first Saturday here a bus took us to Byron Bay. Which is this amazing beach on the ocean only about 45 minutes from the university. The place is absolutely beautiful because it has moutains on the sides of it with the ocean in the middle with the whitest sand on the beach! I wish I had pictures but I didn't have a camera the first couple days but I will be going more so you all can see it!
The second saturday, Feb 21st we went to a wild life sanctuary near Brisbane! This place was awesome because it is much different than a zoo in the states. The animals are pretty much free to roam around the whole place. Well besides the ones that would kill you. But the Koalas and Kangaroos were all over! I got to hold a Koala which was awesome! the cutest animal ever! The kangaroos were sweet too, they would just hop along the roads right by you! I also did something I never thought I would do in my life which was hold a snake! and a poisonous snake for that matter! It was a crazy feeling because I could feel it slither through my hands which was disgusting but super cool at the same time!
That is all I can think of for now for the first week! Mostly just meeting people and partying a bit at night : ) (sorry momo and daddy-o) Definitely the worst part about being here is the bugs (obviously!) they are every where! I have never cleaned and sprayed so much bug spray in my life! haha I think im going to go through a can a week! There was a HUGE beetle that i found on my pillow one day which terrifies me that that could be walking on me through the night! Still not complaining (just explaining!) :)
Sorry this is so long but just thought I'd some up the first week or so! Hope everything is good at home! Be sure to look through my pics!
Love and miss you all!
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