One of the things listed above are the purple Jacaranda Trees. For a period of about 3 weeks these awesome trees bloomed all over Brisbane and were particularly dense on campus. They then preceeded to drop their leaves and create a blanket of purple snow on the grass which I really enjoyed. Also above are a few pictures from the Steve Irwin Australia Zoo and the unforgettable switch party where girls dress as guys and guys dress as girls. The guys probably got a little too into it....

Glasshouse Mountains

One of the more epic and memorable weekend trips in the last bit was to the Glasshouse Mountains. They are located 3 or 4 hours outside of Brisbane. One morning a few of us went into the city in the early hours, rented two cars, packed up, woke up the rest of our mates only to hear screaming voices of "We're leaving in 30 mintues get up!!!" ... and of course they didn't know for what or why, but they were keen. Here we chose to do one of the more difficult hikes which took all day because of it's incredible steep grade. Although the pictures below make it seem to be cold and cloudy, it was actually too hot and humid for a shirt and pants for some of us hikers. The view from atop was of course amazing, the hike up was and adventure to say the least and we definitely proved a couple locals wrong by being able to say we all made it up and back.

The last month or two of Brissie

So it's been a while since I've had the chance to throw some updates about my expierences in Oz but since I'm back over here I figured I should recap the last couple months of my first semester since I will eventually be putting some things up for this upcoming semester. The last months were by far the best because the realtionships with all my friends only kept growing. My close group of friends and I made a pack that if any of us had a reasonable idea none of us would say "no." This way we were forced to go outside our comfort zone, do things on a complete whim and I'm so glad for it. Every weekend was either a rental car trip into the bush, a cricket game or an epic journey of some sort into the city on foot, bike or even swim. The time flew so quickly due to the fact I was now completely comfortable with these people but also papers and projects were due and exams had to be stuided for. Everyone enjoyed every precious last minute we had together because we all knew the time to depart was upcoming. I'm glad my first semester was so successful - I can only hope that my second semester abroad will be just as good.