As "O" week (aka orientation week) continues we have more events planned for us. We have free trips to the largest Coral reef not found in the ocean... the Reef HQ aquarium, where I may never leave, they will have to restrain me from jumping into the tank. We also have the chance to go to the Billabong Sanctuary, where you can hold a koala, so you can never hold too many of those so I will probably be there! We stopped into this place called 'sharkies' on campus, which sets up trips and diving adventures all over Australia! so I picked up like a million flyers for Frasier Island, Whitsunday Islands, Cape Tribulation, and the wreck dive off the coast where we can dive the S.S yuganda! I decided I'm joining the JCU dive club where they have a bunch of trips including weekend dive adventures, where all you do is dive for 3 days straight and camp out on Orpheus Island! We are also signing up for a weekend surf training in Brisbane on March 19th and are looking up flights to New Zealand for spring break and possibly Bali!
Classes start on Monday and I can not wait! I am enrolled in Introduction to Aquaculture, Life History and Evolution of Coral Reefs, Conserving marine wildlife, reptiles, and birds, and Coral Reef Geomorphology! So excited to learn all about the reefs! From being here I have decided I'm extremely passionate about corals and coral species and as a future career I would love to pursue coral diversity studies and participate in projects such as, coral farming and coral cultivation!
So far I have traveled the campus and am trying the get somewhat familiar with the way University life works over here, its a lot different from the states and their systems are much more complicated, but I think its all under control! :)
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