North and South

It's almost spring break!!!  All I have left for the week is Macro today and Australian History tomorrow and then it's a full week off of school...yesssss.  This post is called North and South because for spring break, our group is going to be heading north to Broome, and then south to Margaret River.

Broome

So at 7:30 on Saturday morning, our whole Notre Dame group is piling in a bus, heading to the airport, and flying up to Broome, Australia.  This trip is actually a field trip through our Australian History class, so it wasn't planned by us and we don't really know what to expect (besides blazing sunshine and temperatures in the low- to mid-90's throughout the week...eek).  The point of the trip is for us to be able to experience the Australian Outback and spend some time learning about Aborigines and Aboriginal culture, so that will definitely be part of it.  I think we're supposed to be camping in tents, and they told us to bring only old clothes because we're going to be getting really sweaty and dirty.  

We haven't gotten any kind of itinerary because the schedule is going to be very  spontaneous and dependent on the a lot of different factors that could change day-to-day, such as the schedules of the Aborigines we're supposed to visit, etc.  They even told us not to bring a watch so that we can relax and not feel like we have to keep to any kind of schedule.  I'm really excited for this trip, mostly because it sounds it will be a completely new experience (and I haven't been camping in forever lol).  AND Broome is supposed to have some of the world's most beautiful beaches, including Cable Beach, which I'm pretty sure we're going to be visiting.  My only concern is that my camera battery has to last me five days because I won't have any place to recharge it!

So we're going to be in Broome from Saturday until Thursday, when we'll fly back to Perth.  Then we'll have a night in Perth and leave Friday for our trip to Margaret River!

Margaret River

Margaret River is one of the top destinations in Western Australia, mostly because it's a famous wine region.  Kids from previous semesters told us that it's one of the places we need to go while we're here, so one of the girls in our group organized this trip through a travel company and pretty much all of the Notre Dame kids are going.

We're starting out Friday driving south from Perth, and during our drive there, we'll be making stops at several spots to swim (once with dolphins) and check out the scenery (and, of course, eat).  Friday night we're staying in Margaret River.

Then Saturday we'll be going to the forests to check out a 61-metre tree to climb and do a treetop canopy walk.  Then we're heading to another beach for a swim and driving to Albany, where we'll stay the night.

Sunday will be more time to check out the coastline and then to a winery before we head back to Perth.

The itinerary they gave us goes into wayyy more detail than that, but #1. I don't feel like typing it all out and #2. I figure I'll write a much more detailed post when I get back.

So basically, my spring break should be AMAZING and I'm so pumped for it! 

The end :)