MY DREAM!!! This is what I was so excited for on the trip. My entire life I’ve been dreaming of going to the Great Barrier Reef. It did not let me down. I forgot how comfortable I feel on the boat and in the ocean, I love the waves and the swaying and the freedom. When we arrived to the reef, it seemed very anticlimactic because you can’t see much from above the water, but … [Read more...] about Great Barrier Reef
Arriving in cairns you can immediately see the difference in climate compared to Sydney. It is very tropical and humid while Sydney was dry and city like. Most of the students went to go bungee jump, I decided it was my time to sit and relax. On the way to the site we got to talk to the driver, a younger guy about our age, and he told his stories about spear fishing on the … [Read more...] about Cairns day 1
The first day of 2020 was done right starting off with a free morning where me and some peers went to eat at Betty’s burgers, which quickly became our favorite place in Sydney. After lunch we went back to our hotel, had breakfast and got ready for our day on the water. That afternoon we got to enjoy the fresh Sydney air while learning about the history of the harbor. It was … [Read more...] about New Year’s Day
New Year’s Eve was probably one of my favorite days so far! We woke up and went shopping around Sydney in the prettiest mall I’ve seen in a while. We had the pleasure of hearing live music while shopping as well. I got to truly shop for myself and found a lot of amazing things, including some things I bought that I accidentally left back in Missouri. After we shopped and … [Read more...] about New Years in sydney
Today we had a long day! We woke up at around 5 am to leave for the blue Mountain tours at around 7. Overall we got about 12 hours of sight seeing in the New South Wales territory of Australia! My favorite parts were seeing the kangaroos (my absolute favorite animal) including baby kangaroos, joeys. We then went to a little village outside of blue mountains, where I bought … [Read more...] about Blue mountain tour