We left Boston at 10:15am on Wednesday. Four planes and 24 hours later we arrived in Cairns, Australia at 4:45pm on Friday. Yep, two days went by in a 24 hour period. That's time travel. The first two flights (Boston to Dallas, Dallas to San Francisco) were on American Airlines and they didn't even give us snacks. In San Francisco we met a lot of other Australearners, and there were about 60 or 70 of us on the flight to Sydney. The flight to Sydney was 14 hours long and very boring, but the plane was nice and they kept giving us food. Our final flight from Sydney to Cairns was only about 3 hours and they gave us these ice cream cone things with a kit kat inside. At the Cairns airport we met up with the group leaders and all the other Australearn students, got our luggage, and took a bus to the Bohemia Resort where we are living for the next week in 6-person bunk rooms.
Today, Saturday, was our first adventure. At this morning's buffet breakfast we tried Vegemite and it was probably the most disgusting food ever invented. After breakfast we took a bus to Rainforestation where we took a duck tour through the rainforest, watched an Aboriginal dance show, threw boomerangs, and saw some Australian animals. We held koalas and snakes and fed some kangaroos and wallabies. We met Jack the Ripper (a gigantic crocodile). Today was excellent, and photos will be posted as soon as I don't have to pay $10 an hour for internet.
It's Sunday at 2:29 PM here in good old Gloucester. It sounds like the two of you are well underway.
ReplyDeleteYour pictures are fabulous!! Just don't pat the croc's, Walabee's yes, croc's no.
Can't wait to hear more.
Auntie