Worming,School and a Quiz

Well it's my first weekend after school in australia and it feels really good that i don't have to go to school tomorrow - not like in switzerland. on thursday i went to normal classes and it was pretty good. business studies is my favorite and modern history well uhmmm not my favorite....that evening i went "worming" with Matthew and Steve. here people go worming on the beach because they need them for fishing. i thought i could take and post some fotos....

Here's one of a thousand that we caught....nah we only caught one
you sweep dead fish around in the water....
.......and then they stick their heads out
.....and then you grab them with ehm "zange"

and here's the quiz:
in a subject at school a teacher explained something as twa.......what could that be?a hint: look at my list of chosen subjects. the one who writes the correct answer first as a comment gets an australian postcard! well i hope it's not too easy

Start of School

Today school started and it was rather confusing at the beginning. School started at 8.40 with the assembly. there all the year 11s and 12s met and listened to the things the principals said. most of it was just basic information. after that i had to meet the principal whom students call tony. i told him what subjects i want to attend and he handed me the timetable. my subjects are:
french, modern history, Personal Development/Health and Physical Education, english, business studies and society and culture.

after that i went to a class called focus which was pretty simple stuff, just discussing some rules and things like that,
and then it was 2.00 and i went home again. my timetable is pretty smooth and the best thing about it is: every wednesday i go to school from 8.40 to 11.00 and that is it!normally school starts 8.40 and goes on to 3 o'clock. thats not too bad still a bit of time for the beach ;) !

Harbour of Sidney
The famous Opera House


Natalie, Lisa, Me and Matthew

Bondi Beach



Me at Bondi Beach

Sydney

Hello dear fellows in switzerland!!
this weekend i was in sidney and saw all the touristi things and went for a swim at the bondi beach. we went down to sid on friday morning and stayed at the house of steven's mom for two nights. she lives in a suburb of sidney.....
on friday we did things like driving over the harbour bridge and going to the bondi beach. also there was a game of cricket on in sidney which caused some extra traffic in the city. i play cricket with matthew on the street and its quite fun. for the ones who dont know the sport it is similliar to baseball...
on saturday we went to sidney by bus and walked over the harbour bridge and went to the opera house. from there we took a ferry to manly which is outside of sidney. there all the surfer brands had their shops on the same street which made shopping nice and easy.after an hour in manly we went back on the ferry to sidney and then went back to penrith where steves mom lives.
on sunday we drove back to forster in the morning which took about four hours or a bit less.
well tomorrow is australia day and from 11 on i work at a barbeque stand where rotary sells food.before that the principal of my school shows me around and gives me a list of subjects that i can choose from.
i'm sure australia day will be a nice experience and you'll hear from me later!

Matthew and Steve and their house and the view from cape hawk

More of One Mile Beach

One Mile Beach

I thought it's funny....

Here's the shop my counsellor owns and on the other pictures you can see what it looks like on the inside.

Nine mile beach

hello dear swiss fellows
i know that you all want to see pictures and that i've promised some several times but i have to tell you that i will not post any today which means they will be posted when it's pretty late at night or already morning in switzerland.
yesterday evening i went to the rotary meeting at the forster centre.i was introduced to all the members and forgot the name of the one i was introduced to before while being introduced to the next but thats the human brain i guess...the meeting was all about the preparation of the food tent next monday on australia day.rotary sells sausages and hamburgers and thins there and then all the profit is paid to the city of forster which will use it to help the surf club or something...i help there aswell and i hope i'll understand what the people order although i understand them pretty well till now.after the talking we went to eat in a restaurant.i had chicken hawai.not very brave i know but it was good anyway.
i went to nine mile beach with the mcgarrigles today and tried surfing on a body board.it worked pretty good and the waves were rather big.i also learnt that if you go over a wave you don't close your eyes until you've seen if there's another one coming right after(yes you get all the salt water up your nose otherwise). well anyways we spent some time at the beach and then we went to the house of the mcgarrigles. they have a nice house and they showed me the room i'll be staying in from tomorrow on. i'm leaving my counsellors house tomorrow morning.
after that i watched a period of an nhl game on tv and then we went to a view point which is called cape hawk. i was able to make some nice pics but as you know they'll appear later on.
after that i played soccer with "maddie" matthew outside and had to admit that either he is quite good or i'm not that good or just too old for that sport.
so then i'll post some pictures tomorrow i hope and then everybody will be happy :)
oh yeah and to all those hwo wrote me an email i will answer tomorrow probably so don't get frustrated :)
and then there's a last but definatley not least to be told thing: i'm going to sidney with the mcgarrigles on friday for two or three days.

barbeques galore

Well well....
today i worked at the barbeques galore store that my counsellor owns.i didn't go to the beach but i also went to deliver a barbeque set.
at the store i helped build barbeques together and carry boxes with garden furniture and things around.
i might be going my first rotary dinner tonight.since i havent been able to charge my laptop i can't upload any pictures yet but i'll do my best to do so as soon as possible.

Today i was in the city of forster for the first time.it all looked really nice and not too big which is rather good.i saw dolphins and pelicans at the beach and ate some ice cream.i met my first host family today and they seemed really nice.
i should have taken my camera with me but i didn't remember to.there will be plety of opurtunities to take pictures and maybe i'll take some tomorrow and then i'l post them in the evening.
I ate barbeque dinner today with the son of my counsellor and he was really nice.
i'm looking forward to spending some time at the beach tomorrow and after that i'll post pictures. i promise :)

Right now I'm sitting in the living room of my counsellor and I'm eating BBQ.
The flights had all gone well although they were teribbly long... I slept about 4 hours in the last 2 days which results in complete lazyness.I've heard my first Kookaburra laugh this afternoon and seen a Pelican take of at the beach. Tomorrow I will get shown around place and then I'll post some pictures.
I think that's all for now but I'm sure I'll write again soon.

Cu Switzerland, welcome Australia!

Today is the BIG day and in the evening I'm leaving Switzerland and head for Australia. As you can see my things are all packed up in my icehockey bag and I'm pretty much ready to go... Later on in my trip I might get a chance to blog from Singapur but I'm not so sure about that so you'll here from me again for sure once I've got there.