Highlights of the Day

Tomorrow, I head into the Outback. Five days wandering from Alice Springs to Uluru and King's Canyon with desert nights under the stars. Amazing.

That will be followed by two days in Adelaide then three in Sydney (including an Australia-New Zealand rugby game). Yay for first major Australia travel!

Since I'll be away from electronics for the next five to ten days (to which I'm looking forward immensely), here are some recent highlights to tide you over.

Saturday and Sunday I wandered around with Jodi, then I had my three class days of week 3 (of 12) of the semester.

Saturday:

Shrine of Remembrance - a WWI memorial

Royal Botanical Gardens - took a 45-minute winter tour which ended up as a 1.5-hour individual tour for just the two of us, which provided lots of knowledge on the history and evolution of the gardens

The Ugly Truth - fun movie time with Jodi and Lara in the CBD

Sunday:

Yarra river crafts market - amazing crafts, delicious cookies (why are there always so many cookies?)

Docklands brewhouse - dinner on the water followed by 20 minutes sitting around watching footy from our table (I love breweries)

Monday:

Classes

Because-I-have-bronchitis hot chocolate in the CBD

High table dinner in UC (complete with Harry Potter robes)

Tuesday:

More classes - signed up to do my Australia & America presentation during the political leadership week (yay for Obama and Rudd)

High table dinner at International House - optional dinner swap resulting in delicious food and fun company

Traffic light party - saw lots of friends who had been absent from my life for far too long (over a week, that is)

Wednesday (today):

Classes again - sensing a theme? got my small group for our first practical coaching assignment (coaching each other) and decided it'd be useful if I had any level of proficiency in soccer. or footy. or netball. or basketball. good thing coaches don't necessarily need talent in the short term

UC dinner - had Corey and Eitan over to join

Royal Pains - watched American television with Jodi and ate delicious cake

Packing - got stuff organized for heading into the desert for five days!

It's 1:01 AM and our cab arrives at 6:30 to take Cassandra, Corey, and I to the airport for our trip, so I'm off to bed. If the snakes (or spiders) get me, know that I think you're wonderful.

Have an amazing week!