Wow!!! What an incredible first week...that really feels like its already been a month. After one day & night in Brisbane Liz & I headed to Frasers hostel on Rainbow Beach where we had an awesome & very exciting first weekend in Oz. There we were roomed up with about six other girls doing the working program with us. We immediately hit it off with two other girls one from France (Bonjour!) & one from Scottland both of whom were down for anything & everything we threw at them!

Day three (sat. am) the day began by taking a ferry to Tin Can Bay where we fed some wild dolphins named Harmony & Mystique. I also spotted my first pelicans! They cracked me up too, & then I had to fend them off from the fish I was trying to feed to the dolphins. Then the people driving the ferry were super nice & let us bring our breakfast on board when it came late & it was time to leave. Later that day we had surfing lessons on the beach which was so much fun! Although I did not really get up (I did get half way a few times though) I had a blast & can't wait to try it again...& now I know I have to try to focus harder instead of being distracted by the cute surf instructor!

Day Four (Sun.) was just as much if not more fun than sat. We began sunday morning off by going kayaking to Double Island where were saw pods of botttle nosed dolphins swim right past our kayaks. It was so amazing! Then we ended the day with another amazing experience by sky

diving out of a plane 14,000ft up & landing on the beach!!!! It was crazy but so beautiful at the same time! It was just so great to be able to see all the spots we had been to that weekend from up so high & the water was just absolutely sparkling! After that I'm pretty sure the other girls in our room dubbed us the "wild crazy fun bunch". Really they were all too great oppportunities to pass up. After so much fun & playing we were ready to get down to business.