Week 2

This week was orientation which has meant that I’m continuing to meet people from all over the world – not only the US and Australia but also Norway, England, Germany, Switzerland, China, Sweden, Denmark… It’s quite interesting and exciting!

One of the orientation week activities was a behind-the-scenes tour of the Reef HQ Aquarium in Townsville. The aquarium contains the largest living reef in the world. (I promptly inquired about paid or volunteer positions but unfortunately my 5-month visit is too short to get hired). We got to see how it operates as well as special things they do like the sea turtle hospital, which you can see below.



On Friday, I joined a group of new friends to hike to the top of Castle Hill. The view from the top was incredible. Looking seawards, you can see Magnetic Island, which I visited last weekend.





After the hike, we went down to the Strand to cool off in a kids water park and lounge on the beach.



Now I plan to enjoy the weekend and prepare for classes to start on Monday. I'm even excited for my classes since they all sound fascinating!