Nautical Ball, BBQ, and Zoo

What a fun filled weekend! On Friday was the Nautical Ball hosted by the AMC and it was at a really nice place down by the river. We had dinner and a live band played that we have actually went and listened to quite a bit because they are soo good! It was a nice evening and everyone looked great!

Pavlova

On Saturday we went to a BBQ with some friends and had some dim sims (like egg rolls), chicken wings, kabobs, and burgers on the barbie. For dessert we had pavlova, which was different but good (kind of like a meringue). We just sat around the fire and relaxed.

Dim Sims  Mmm!

Then today (Sunday), Paige, Thomas, Shelley and I went to the Tasmania Zoo. We caught a bus and went on a long journey there and it was not what we were expecting, but it turned out to be a lot of fun. Along the ride we saw our first wallabies, however they were all roadkill… At the zoo it was small and all of the cages were low so that you could pet the animals. There were heaps of birds and also kangaroos, fish, snakes, monkeys, penguins, koalas, wombats, wallabies, emus, wild dogs, chickens (one decided to follow me a majority of the time), echidnas, ponies, alpacas, crocodiles, and of course the Tasmania devil. We actually got to see the devils being fed. They fought over the hunk of kangaroo and they were very feisty! I also got to pet a baby devil and got a picture with her. There was also a macaw that was quite the character and would say hello, chuckle, and liked scraping its beak across the metal, which made an awful screeching noise. When we got to the kangaroo exhibit one of them hopped over to us and it was very exciting because it was the first kangaroo we had seen since being here! It was a fun day and the weather was absolutely beautiful!

Tomorrow is the first day of my break and I am going to take the bus down to Hobart to meet up with Victoria. She has transformed their “study room” into my bedroom for the week and I am excited to stay with her and her family. It is about two and half hours away and is the capital of Tasmania. Victoria has a list of things planned out for us each day and I am excited to see some new sites. Then on Saturday/Sunday the rest of the Butler gang is taking off for their break. They get a two-week break and it will be soo weird not seeing them for that long!

Random:
- sneakers = runners
- The Tasmanian devil is going extinct and the Tasmania Zoo is doing lots to help save them and to keep them around for longer.
- It is staying lighter out now and doesn’t get dark until 7ish
- I am halfway done with this semester! CRAZY!

a Plover

- I will have friends all over the world soon… One just left France for DC, another one is in Miami, another is going to Rome, and a couple off to Spain!
- At Stew, Paige, and Brenna’s school the children were not allowed to go out to recess because the plovers were swooping and they attack people…
- I really miss Taco Bell