Great Barrier Reef and arriving at Bond

On sunday I went out to the great barrier reef. It was soo pretty. First to get to the reef though we had a two plus hour boat ride. This was really fun because the front of the boat had two huge hamock like things on the front that we could sit in. This was a really good way to get wet but I found a corner that only got wet once or twice. Once we finally made it to the reef we took a smaller little boat to an island where we got to snorkel. (these picture are on my water proof camera so I need to get them put on a CD). There were so many fish and I got to touch a turtle. It was awesome. After snorkeling for about 45 mins it was then finally my groups turn to scuba. This was so much fun. We just swam around the reef for about 45 mins. We saw a stingray, a giant shell, and even nemo =D After we got done scubaing we had lunch on the boat while it moved to another spot. We then got to scuba again in this new spot which there was no island at. It was a little waiving but there was a huge drop off we could swim around and see a ton of fish. Finally after everone was done we took the boat back into shore but this took even longer than 2 hours because we went by sail.

The next day (Monday) we had to say goodbye to our leader Russel who was really cool. He really helped us get ahold of being in Australia. We then took a 2 hour plane ride to Brisbane. Then we had a 1.5 hour bus ride to Bond. Once we finally got here (about 3 pm) we threw all our stuff in our room and went over to the Uni to see it. It's so pretty. Pictures are coming I promise. We then did all the first time school stuff like getting our Id's and email addresses and stuff. We then went back to our room to unpack. Finally, it is so nice to not live out of a suit case anymore. When we got back to our room my roomate Felipe was here. He is from Brazil and seems cool. I also got to meet one of his friends Xavier from Caledonia. One of the neighbors roomates was also here. Here name is Basia and she is from Poland. She is soo funny.

We didn't do too much on Tuesday went to Bond and got more information. Stuff like bus passes and books and access to the gym. I also went to a resume seminar because I am applying for an on campus job for a little extra spending money. The main thing we did Tuesday was go to a welcome party where there serve wine. It was crazy the school was serving alcohol at there party. So strange. At the party we met more people from all over the world. One from Norway, Canada, North Carolina, Ukraine, Sydney and more but I don't remember.

Well thats all for now. Cheers.

Chris