Today we took our first field trip for our Australian life and culture class. We started with lecture from 8:30 to 11:30. After that we took an hour and a half drive into the rainforest to have lunch prepared by an aboriginal women. We also were given the opportunity to listen to her stories and about aboriginal culture.
While we were there we also went on a fairly brief hike where our guide pointed out different bush tucker you could eat, plants to stay away from and other wildlife in the rainforest. On this hike there was a practical joke that there was a hidden rubber snake in some of the tall grass you could braid into a headband. I was told to pull a few for some of the other people in the group. As I'm sure you can guess I saw the fake snake and jumped about 30 feet in the air, the wildlife is not my friend. Speaking of wildlife, we also made a stop on the way home to see a a large group of bats that were probably twice the size of bats in the states if not larger. They were a little scary but it was kind of cool seeing them in such a large group.
We ended the day with a camp wide taco night that we set up in the grassy common area. For the occasion I made a chocolate cake and a white cake in honor of January and February birthdays.
Pictures of all of this to come soon...
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