“Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.”- Charles M. Schulz

So Day 2!

Happy Valentines Day! So today was our day to head up to Rainforesttation. I had the opportunity to do a wide variety of aboriginal activities, as well as see Koalas up close and personal and hang out with some Roos! The best thing was the Koalas and Kangaroos! The Roo’s are just like dogs! They just hang out all day and wait for you to feed them! They just bounce around and are so carefree! Once our group was done with the Kangaroos, we were able to have our picture taken with a Koala! I don’t have any picture of that because we were not allowed to take photos because the Koalas can only be held for a half an hour at a time and it numerous flashes went off, it wouldn’t be good for them. During that same day I was able to learn how to throw a boomerang and I was pretty successful at it! It didn’t come right back to me, but it came within about 50 feet.

That night we had dinner on our own so a few of the girls and I went to a restaurant called The Crown, which was a little sports bar in the centre of Cairns. After that most of the AustraLearn students were offered a deal for VIP passes to 4 bars with 4 free drinks for only $15. Which is a good deal since any drink costs between $7-$12 a piece. The girls and I met up with everyone and we went out to the Blue Sky Brewery, PJ OBriens and Gilligans for our free drinks. Since all of our bodies are still adjusting to the time difference and being busy all day, we caught a taxi and headed home by midnight.