I have now been in lovely Australia for 5 weeks! I cannot believe it has been that long. Nor can I believe the amount of stuff I have gotten to do in that amount of time. Last weekend, I went to Caversham Wildlife Park, which was pretty awesome. While I was there, I had the opportunity to feed kangaroos, pet a koala, ride a camel, and see a joey come out of a momma kangaroos pouch. I absolutely love koalas! I am tempted to smuggle one home with me and pretend it is my child. Koalas do have a pretty sweet life; they sleep 20 hours a day and eat the other four hours. Feeding the kangaroos was pretty neat as well, except when one came flying at Ally and I and we thought it was going to drop-kick us. Seeing the joey come out of the momma kangaroos pouch was one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Riding a camel was also on the list of things that I'd never think I'd do in my life. I could not get over how big the camels were. Random fact about Australia, Australia has more camels than people, so they export them to the Middle East. All in all, Caversham was a very smelly but fun day.
My parents came this past Monday and left today for their cruise. It was SO nice having them here and showing them around. They came to my school and saw where I lived, my campus, etc. Due to the fact that I had classes and such, I could not spend much time with my parents besides at night. Therefore, we mainly spent out time going to dinner and walking around downtown. I did get to take them to Freo, which is one of my favorite places in Australia. In addition, I took my parents to Kings Park, which is a famous park in Perth that overlooks the city. I had never been to Kings Park, so it was equally exciting for me. The park truly is one of the most beautiful parts of the city. I really did enjoy having my parents here because it gave me a taste of home. Plus, now my parents are able to see why I love it here as much as I do.
Other than that, nothing new and exciting to report. This whole going to school and doing work is not really working for me. I am very much looking forward to my 17 day spring break in 3 weeks! I am going with my friends to Bali for the first week and then taking a bus tour up the Coral Coast for the second week.
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