Aussie Adventures

Starting to get used to everything!

hey everyone! Sorry it has taken me sooo long to put another post up! My computer crashed!! It was a big pain in the butt and I thought I was going to have to get a new computer! However, I just got a new hard drive so now I am back in business. These past few week have been really crazy. There always seems to be some type of party or place to be. I thought us Wisconsin college kids drank a lot...haha well Aussie are CRAZY! But, don't worry I am doing my fair share of studying! I only have classes on Mon., Tues. and Wed. It is really nice however I usually spend ALL of Sunday doing homework. School is very different around here too. There is a lot more focused on reading on your own and not as many assignments. I hope I can keep up. This past weekend was very low key. The campus was EMPTY and I guess that is how it is going to be every weekend here on out because everyone is traveling. It was very low key thought and I only went out one night. We went to Brisbane on Saturday for Queensland Roar professional soccer game. That was quite an experience! Soccer is not as big as Rugby is, however there were over 17,000 people in attendance at this game! It was great experiencing another type of sporting event other than baseball or football. Hopefully you can see some of the pictures that i took at the game! Other than that things have been pretty chill. It is a lot different not having a TV or anything like that. We have been going to the beach and pool a lot. We have an Olympic size pool and beach v-ball courts! Our recreation center is really cool. I am taking four classes; all of which I really like. I am taking two communications classes, which I am doing for credit. They are not as interesting as the other two classes that I am taking but expected that. I already have to give a presentation to my class this Wed.! It is me and another American boy (Who is ironically from Wisconsin and goes to Carthage college! Small world and I know his brother very well because he is on the UW-L water ski team) We are in a class full of Australian girls who are all very on top of there game. So I am a little nervous about that! I am sure it will be fine. The other two classes I am taking are a little more fun. One is Australian sports in the modern era. We learned how to play cricket during out last class. I have never seen or even know what cricket was....it is quite interesting. I will be teaching everyone when I get home! The last class that I am taking is Sports Management. This class I think will be a little more work than the Australian sports one however it is a VERY interesting class. The teacher is an Olympic medalist in the hammer.....which I have not clue so if anyone knows what that is would you please tell me. We are going to be taking different trips with this class and really learning a lot about Sports management in Australia! So I am very excited about that class and there are a lot of Australians in this class also, so hopefully I can get to know some. I am going to try and put up some of my pictures on here if I can figure it out! I love you and miss you all!

posted by Calie Eck @ 2:09 AM