This past weekend was a blast in traditional Aussie fashion...on Saturday a big group of us went to Evanshead Beach and spent the day in the water and playing beach volleyball (of course, we had a BBQ too!). We spent most of the day at the beach and then loaded back on the bus and headed back to the college to quickly shower and get ready for seeing OUR FIRST FOOTY GAME!! My friend Cathy took a group of us to see the Gold Coast Titans vs. the New Zealand Warriors...we cheered hard for the Titans but the Warriors dominated us in the end. Either way, it was a blast- we sat on blankets around the "Oval" and tried to get all of the rules and regulations down...it was definitely a lot faster than football!!

On Sunday, a big group of international students got paired up with families from around the Lismore area who volunteered to make lunch for us. Ben and I were psyched to go and we were ready for anything...then our "family" pulled up and ordered us like we were hamburgers at McDonalds, "I've got Ben and Alex", haha! Anyways, the family was really nice with a lot of kids and husbands and wives to meet...they also made us kangaroo, which I ate in an attempt to not seem rude (it was a difficult feat considering I had just been petting soft kangaroos at the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary the week before!!) but I stayed strong and cleaned my plate of the delicious "Bush fare"...haha!!

The rest of the week has not been extremely exciting; it's been basically filled with schoolwork and some house-cleaning. Tonight is my first night of netball, so we'll see how that goes :)
Otherwise, all is going well. A group of girls and I are driving to Surfer's Paradise early on Saturday morning and spending the weekend there for some shopping and beach bumming- I'll update again soon!!