Photobucket

i just made a photobucket that has allllll my pictures ive taken in oz so far and i will keep updating as i keep snapping.  the link is photobucket.com/rfaustralia and when you open the page it will look like there is nothing there but no worries the link has worked you just need to look at the left hand side of the page under "Albums" and those are all the albums i have created thus far

SNAKES!!! / first day of school!!

two days ago i went to this wildlife sanctuary and i HELD A SNAKE!!!! it was soooo scarry!!! then i held a koala which was much less scary haha but it did smell really bad and its fur is suuuper corse and dense! i also got to pet kangaroos and the females are REALLY soft! some of them even had little joeys which was pretty cute.  we also saw this croc that was suuuuper long and then a bunch of other australian animals.  

today (monday) was the first day of classes! i was so excited to finally start school since that is what i'm doing here studying abroad.  i had online animation which is a class on adobe flash and we have one 2-3 minute final movie due at the end of the semester with a bunch of other little preproduction projects.  after online animation i had digital photography which should be awesome! i actually have the lab for it in a couple hours.  AND i just learned that they are actually suppling our digital SLRs sooo i didnt really need to by one of those lil buggas back home but i will use it for other things im sure.  tuesday i have outdoor education and wednesday i have history of the invasion of aboriginal nations... then i have a break thurs, fri, sat, sun... :).. hard schedule aye? BUT i am in the library right now, not necessarily being studious but at least ive found it! its actually amazing and its got this great view with a cushioned ledge that im sitting on as we speak.. or i guess as i type..

Contact info

i finally got an address!

Rachel Ferguson

C/ International Office

PO Box 157

Lismore, NSW 2480 AU

ANNDD a new email address

r.ferguson.23@scu.edu.au

i ate kangaroo today! and i ate vegemite last night and i have to say the kangaroo was 395802958235 times better than the vegemite.  

finally here!

so it took me 28 total hours of travel time.. boy was that an interesting surprise! but i finally got here and that is all that matters! :) i have 5 awesome roommates 4 are from australia and 1 is from massachusetts.  when people told me southern cross uni was in a rain forest they really meant RAIN forest! it rained a lot in the beginning but it started to clear up yesterday.  everything is so green though and there are trees everywhere it is awesome.  there are all kinds of interesting birds too i havent really seen any of them yet but you can definitely hear time! some of them sound like monkeys! haha yesterday i went to byron bay with all the international students and it was AMAZING the water was pretty the sand was SUPER fine and the waves were"awesome" according to the locals.  it was really funny to watch all of us go into the water though because the currents are much stronger here than they are in ca.  i didnt see any sharks which was probably the best part of my day haha.  we went to this little fish and chips stand and i ate dim sims.. and i still have no idea what the heck it was and im not too sure i want to know.  i still dont have an address but i will soon and i will definitely put it up here when i do!

Aukland Air Port

howdy from the new zealand! :) ... welll i guess howdy prolly isnt the right word out here haha BUT i just landed in Auckland and i am waiting for my flight to brisbane then after that a bus ride to lismore then im FINALLY HERE!!! my flight actually wasnt that bad! i slept alot and watched a few movies (including HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3!! ) the auckland airport is pretty tiny and im thankful for that because i was kinda afraid of missing my next flight but thats not gunna happen. theres a chapel here in the airport and i thought that was kinda cool! i was scared to go in because it was through a series of really big heavy doors but i went in anyway and decided if someone yelled at me i could just blame it on the fact im a foreigner :) despite the fact i am wayyy across the globe they still insist on playing miley cyrus all over the airport which i oddly found to be comforting haha... wellllll anyway its kinda gloomy here in auckland and i think its supposed to be raining in lismore BUT ill start posting pictures soon..hopefully!