Rainforest Field Trip!

Today was my first class! Australian Life and Culture :) it was a three hour lecture and after class we headed out for our first field trip. In class we learned all about Australia's history, national anthem, and what is going here now. We also compared Australia's history with the United States history.

ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR

(Australia's National Anthem)

Australians all let us rejoice,

For we are young and free;

We've golden soil and wealth for toil,

Our home is girt and rare;

In history's page, let every stage

Advance Australia Fair

In joyful strains then lets us sing,

Advance Australia Fair

Beneath our radiant Southern Cross

We'll toil with hearts and hands'

To make this commonwealth of ours

Renowned of all the lands;

For those who've come across the seas

We've boundless plains to share;

With courage let us all combine

To Advance Australia Fair.

In joyful strains then let us sing,

Advance Australia Fair

After class we headed to Dorroughby Environmental Educational Centre...here we learned about the history of the environment in the surrounding area, indigenous people, and of course the rainforest! Then we got to visit the amazing Minyon waterfall in the Whian Whian state rainforest where we jumped off 25 foot boulders into the water! It was absolutely beautiful!!!

Preserved animals such as a baby kangaroo and different kinds of snakes...used to teach the children who come to the center to learn about the rainforest.

Old school house

boomerangs  that we were able to play with!

My first try! :) and I didn't to to bad :)



My lunch plate...a little bit of everything :)

Eating my first bite of KANGAROO!!!! Yummmmmmmm

Me at the waterfall!!!!!

Getting ready to jump...I was sooo nervous haha

ahhhhh I jumped!!!!

On the way home we stopped off to see fruit bats hanging from the trees...it was a sight to see!



Fruit Bats!!!


When we got back to the cabins we had a Superbowl party!!! Our professor taped it and we grilled some food and all watched the game before talking to anyone from back home who had already seen it...we had a blast! Most people were Green Bay Packer fans...so the crowd was pleased with the win :)



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