This morning was a little rainy and grocery day. Piled up the students into a bus and then went to Aldis, Coles, and Kmart! I found some cute Australian flag shorts for AUS $5! Woohoo! Once I came back I skyped and talked to Natalie, Breanne, and Kylie! Miss you all!
I decided to go for a bike ride with Colin too! It is illegal to ride without a helmet here and can be fined AUS $58 if we don't--so safety first I put my awesome helmet on..lol! We took about an hour bike ride and headed back to the cabins. I went off to the beach for some short tanning time and then joined the other students in the Event Management class. This class covers hosting a sporting event here and getting intramural volleyball started for the other BSU students. Dave is the instructor and he is very laid back guy and loves to joke around...perfect! He also let us out an hr and a half early!
I had to read Ch. 13 which was about the Aborigines---I learned that they have "been here for the past 60,000 years at least and have the oldest maintained culture in the world. Also, their arts, stories, and systems of beliefs are among the oldest on earth." However, something sad that the chapter shared was that the Aborigines were murdered by other Australian citizens and British. There were many stories shared of how the Aborigines were hanged, and stoned. Colin and I read it out loud which was fun and then we made dinner---salads and sweet potato----mmmm!
The Avilas hosted a dessert night once a week for 5 students and me to get to know them which was delicious! We tried a famous dessert called Lady Lemington Fingers ( white cake, raspberry filling, dusted with cocoa and coconut). They were delicious! Mmmmhmmm! Great way to end the day!
I closed the day out by hanging out at my cabin and chatting!
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