Brittany in The Land Down Under...: I've been in Australia for close to five months...

So I guess I should finally update this blog, since I opened it SPECIFICALLY to talk about Australia...and my last post was what, January? Oops. I arrived in February and it's now almost the end of May. Time flies eh?

Anyway, I'm updating as a last-ditch attempt to avoid working on my last two papers and journalism portfolio. There are just too many distractions...but I'll get on it soon, I swear.

Okay so--me and Katie got to Sippy Downs, Queensland Australia in early February. See the USC Building picture on the left...almost like the "Old Main" of SU...except this campus was built in 1996, not 1871. The Campus is pretty small, but the ABSOLUTE BEST PART are the kangaroos that you can find pretty much everywhere. USC was built on a wild life reserve, so we've already seen our fair share of 'roos, not to mention a Huntsman and brown snake...

Anyway...I live here:

In Varsity Apartments. Varsity is kind of like a prison, in that we have to be inside by ten o'clock on a school night, we must clean for our cleaning lady, and we are charged a ridiculous amount to live there. Other than that, it's a great place.

Since I am so late in updating and I have done so much, I'm going to have to list all the awesomely bad ass things that I have done and include pictures. Enjoy!

1. Cliff Jumping at Kondalilla Falls. It started out as a school trip to see some of the hinterland on the Sunny Coast, but then a bunch of us found this little lake thing and decided to jump. It was a total blast--something that I never thought that I'd have the guts to do!

Weee! Actually, you can just imagine how loud I was screaming and how fast my arms were flailing...haha.

2. Surfing. Pat, Katie and I took surf lessons one of the first weeks here and it didn't take very long after for me and Pat to buy boards. We had a good run for a while, until I had a little episode and Alex...I've had a hard time surfing since, in fact, the board is now for sale because I'm poor and I have no way to bring it home...

3. Bungy Jumping and Skydiving in New Zealand. Unfortunately the skydiving pics are locked away on my computer back at Varsity...

I never in a million years would have EVER done this--but Pat and Katie did it, and they didn't die so, I figured that I wouldn't either. It was the scariest, most amazing feeling in the world--if you ever have the chance, you should totally give it a try. This was in Queenstown...

4. Awesome Pictures of Places in New Zealand....

Morekei Boulders...

Franz Josef, New Zealand...

And, of course, if you talk to anyone who has studied abroad...it isn't always about the places that you go, or the things that you see and learn...it's also about the people who you meet!

And so, meet the three new LOVES of my life that I've come across on this trip...