Outback Trip / Dolphin Cruise

Hi Everyone! I'm sorry I haven't updated this thing in a few days! Not much has been going on! Anyway, yesterday the International Students got to go to Oakville Farm and Fauna world to see kangaroos, koalas and a lot of different Aussie animals. After the zoo, we went on a dolphin watching cruise around Hunter Bay. We saw tons of dolphins, but catching them on film was really hard since they only came up for water every so often. Also before I start, know that at the bottom of this post there are 2 videos you can watch of the kangaroos. For some reason, the site won't let me integrate them with the pictures soooo be sure to check those out at the end! So right off the bat we saw a kangaroo WITH a joey in its pouch! Here I am feeding the joey:

These 2 girls are who I spent most of the day with: Malasya (from Malaysia...coincidence, I know) and Frieda (from Korea). Here we are posing with out first kangaroo!

Frieda feeding the joey. Isn't it soooooo cute?! Look at its little head and paw!
Here's a horse... nothin' too special. Ha ha
Okay so feeding the camels was OBVIOUSLY disgusting. It felt soooo gross and hairy and slobbery! Has anyone else ever done this?! SO NASTY.
Here's my favorite picture from the whole day! I fed and pet this kangaroo for a while. We bonded. Look how close we were allowed to get!
Here's another one eating out of my hand
A HUGE cow-bull-steer thingy. It doesn't look like it in the picture but it was absolutely massive.

A goat pretending to drive the tractor! So cute!

See the video that goes along with this picture. But for some reason all of the big kangaroos had to be fed behind this post, we couldn't get up close with them. Still cool, none the less!

A KOALA!!!!!!!!!!!!! It STUNK and they were all really sleepy but I cant believe I got to see one in real life- I've been waiting to take this picture for a long time! :)

Here's a wombat! SO precious! We all got to hold it and pet it.

There were multi-colored peacocks everywhere!

Okay, so now we're starting the pictures from the dolphin cruise! Don't get me wrong- I had a lot of fun, but the sea sickness that came along with the ride was totally not worth it. The boat rocked like no other boat I've ever been on. It was nearly impossible to even stand up. I think I'm still sick from it....blahhhhhh.

People were setting up tents on the beach and camping out there. I thought it was pretty neat.

The water was soooo clean and blue and there were green islands (like the one shown) all around. It was really picturesque. (<---sorry for the poor spelling on that word).

This was the best picture of the dolphins I got. They were all around. I was worried the whole time that the boat was going to run one over. Beautiful animals though....
Yeeeeeep, not such a good hair day, lets move on.....
Here's the boat we were on!
We had to wake up for this day trip at the crack of dawn, so here's the Australian sunrise from my window. The picture doesn't even do justice to how pretty it was!
WATCH THESE 2 VIDEOS!

So anyway, all in all it was a really fun (but HOT and HUMID) day in Aussie-Land. The other kids who came over from NAU were also on the trip so that was good to see them. Things are kind of slowing down here now that classes are beginning but I'll still try to impress you guys with my life from time to time. I have a really great group of friends here now that live on the floor below me, so that's awesome. And Daddy- I'm keeping my room clean, are you impressed?! I know I say this every time but I really really really REALLY miss you all. I'll write soon.

--LP--

Oh and by the way, the area I live in is under a "high tsunami watch" because of the earthquake in Chile. A little swim would be fun. Right? AHHHHHHHHHHHHH.