Sick

I've got laryngitis, which is partly (or mainly) my fault for trying to do to much.
But I climbed Tibrogargan, one of the Glass House Mountains, Which I found out are the remnants of a eroded volcano. It was basically a wall of rock all the way up, and and I mainly slid on my butt the way back down. An Amazing climb! I have never done anything like it but it left me exhausted.

Life

The past couple of weeks have simply been a blur of hanging out with people, classes, and the mundane things of life.

While that might not sound so exotic or exciting for a semester in a foreign country, I'm enjoying it thoroughly. :-D

However, speaking of exotic and exciting, I went on a trip a couple weekends ago to Noosa National Park, where we stumbled upon a nude beach, and a koala.

As Always,
I send my Love,
-Suz

Half Birthday

I happened to notice that to day is my half birthday.

I have yet to do a lot of traveling (I need to work on that!) But I'm really enjoying this new life of mine. I've met lots of beautiful people and am eating delicious food.

Today I went and bought a bike! Which brings a wonderful sense of freedom and adventure with it.

First Week of Classes + Fraser Island

This week was the first week of classes!

The classes so far seem really interesting. My Introduction to Indigenous Australia is my largest class, requires the most books and readings, and seems like its going to be really depressing material that is covered. My other classes however are smaller and very interactive. So far I know some of the people in my classes and there are a couple people who seem to be in several of my classes. In my Forests, Carbon, and Climate class there are two other people from Millersville. The class only has about 30 people, so 10% of the class is MU study abroad students. Crazy! Tutorials start this coming week, which means I'll need to start really focusing on school.

This weekend I went to Fraser Island, the world largest sand island. A group of us international students were picked up at USC in big 4WD bus/truck things that then took us over the island. We saw artic terns, dingos, satinay trees (that were 1000 years old and only found on fraser island), a shipwreck, beautiful lakes, wildflowers, and humpback whales from afar. It was a beautiful weekend and I got a chance to meet some more amazing people.

-Suz