k is the best letter :)

this week was heaps good! tuesday i hung out with elle and this girl from her service who used to be in the asc. we went to this place called newtown, which is a really cool town with lots of op-shops. it's also kinda the gay district of sydney... so it's really cool and funky. it was a good time.

wednesday we had TACOS! there really isn't mexican food here. i mean... there is, but it's not very popular, and it's not as good. (o yea... last week i made fajitas with the mix my parents sent... they were a hit.) anyways... that was very exciting.


yesterday (friday) we went to featherdale wildlife park!! i got to pet koalas and play with kangaroos and emus and WHITE peacocks!! it was seriously so much fun... koalas are so stinkin cute! i want one for a pet... but the kid there told me they're not fun to take care of. o well... haha. it was such a good time...


then today we went up in the sydney tower. it was so much cooler than i was expecting! i got a 360 view of the city and got to see all the places that i go all the time and where they actually are. it was awesome :)


we're on holiday right now (spring break... weird, huh?) most people from my group are going to (or are already at) the great barrier reef. i didn't go... i'm planning on coming back to oz and doing all the things i can't do this time (uluru, melbourne, western australia, tasmania, etc.), so i'll go to the reef during that trip. i know it probably won't be for like 10 years, but i will do it...


i'm excited about break though. for the last few days we're going on our bush trip to learn about aborigones... it should be pretty fun. we're going to a place called woywoy. haha.
ok... here are some pictures of me with various animals.

cockatoo... kept trying to bite me.

ok... there are better ones of me with a different koala, but they're on someone else's camera. this kid was really nice and got down young ones for us because they are softer. he was telling us lots of stories... it was sweet.

ah yes... spooning with a kangaroo.

haha... they had guinea pigs. i got excited.

ok seriously... how cool is that?!

there you have it... me with some aussie animals. now i just need to hug a sloth.