sorry thats its been so long since i last blogged. i guess u could call it lazyness but lets not talk about that...
anyways district tour....was great!!
we started off in a small place called uralla where all the new exchange students and vini and i got together and quickly became friends and we had a briefing there where the new exchangies were all introduced to the system.
the next day we went off to gunnedah which is even further west and on the way there we stopped at an animal park where there were koalas kangaroos and many other ozi animals.
we stayed in gunnedah for the night where we were hosted by local rotarians.the next morning we headed off to bingara for horse riding which was something i had never done before and i think my horse that i called emma didnt really like me but it was alright anyways :)
from there we went on to inverell the same day. in inverell there are lots of mines where people look for saphires. we also got the chance to do that and found plenty.
from there we went on to wollgoolga that most aussies just call woopi. this was the first stop on the coast and it was beautiful!we stayed there for two nights just like in inverell. the second day we went out on a boat which was great because it was a great day for it. we went snorkeling and saw lots of fish near a reef and also did that thing where u tie an air ring behind the boat and then the boat drags u over the water,,,was great fun anyways.
in the evening we went to a bonfire that the local rotary club organised.
next morning we headed off to kempsey. there we didnt get up to too much except being hosted for the night which was special enough for me coz i was hosted by a guy that had moved to australia from switzerland so i spoke swiss german all night and trust me i didnt like it :)
from kempsey we were off to port macquarie which was our last stop and we stayed for three nights. on the way three we stopped at a porpoise pool where they had dolphins,seals and penguins and also some fish. in port we did all sorts of stuff like go kayaking and go surfing.
surfing was good fun but the water was freeeezzzzing. we stayed at a big house just outside the main street of port which was great because we had a lot of space for footy, bonfires and even a pool. also an aboriginal came to speak to us and explained some oh the culture and their habits.
from port everyone went home which was sad because everyone had become such good friends.
after that i have been in school working very hard and had two trips with rotarians to sydney and also to newcastle. both of them i really enjoyed.
in sydney we stayed in nowra for the first two nights which is about 1.5 hours south of sydney. we visited kangaroo valley which almost looked like switzerland....well a bit...green hills sorta thing.
the second day we went to cockatoo island which is an island in sydney harbour. there's a prison there that was built by the prisoners themselves :)
the last night which was sunday night we stayed near kings cross right in sydney. last day was monday and we went to watsons bay which is the south end of the entrance to sydney harbour so there were alot of cannons and other defencive military things there...overall i had seen lots of new stuff in and near sydney which was great.
then last weekend i was in newcastle for one night. on friday i went down with my ex host family the dwyers. we stayed at their sons place which was very well located so they showed me some areas of newcastle because i had never been anywhere else than the airport :) newcastle was good but not the most exciting ever...
so here i am now the exams have started and i had my first one yesterday...it was english and it was quite hard but not only for me so that was alrite :)
thats about all for the moment and i will try to move my lazy ass a bit more regularly so that this blog doesnt die completely :)
cya mate xoxo
