Oz Intro Week!

Hey everyone sorry I haven't been able to update you all yet but here it comes. Im' just going to give a run through of each days events that have happened so far this week!

Day 1:
So today was the day we met everyone in our group and we had been talking to most of them on facebook so it was really nice to finally meet them all!
Everyone is so easy to talk to and we all just seemed to get along pretty well right from the start. We got introduced to our tour guide Oz intro leader for the week named Trent who is a very good looking Australian man.. lol
So we got on this little bus and he took us on a tour through the city of Sydney which was beautiful! It's such a big city like Toronto but like bigger, its awesome! So we ended up at this park where we saw THE OPERA HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (pics are on facebook). I had to tell michelle to pinch me cuz i coudln't believe we were actually here in Sydney looking at the opera house lol! It was incredible. We also saw the famous harbour bridge and the beautiful Sydney skyline! We got to see the opera house close up when we walked to it and we went through a really cool botanical garden where we saw fruit bats hanging from trees and to my disgust like 3 huge spiders, which i didn't stick around to see that's for sure :(
Then we got on a jet boat and we took a tour around Sydney Harbour it was a really fast and fun boat ride. He did like spins and stuff and it was just a really great way to see Sydney!
Then we went out for dinner all of us as a group and just got to know each other better same with at the hostel after dinner we just all hung out in the lounge upstairs. Funny thing is that we met this American guy who had been on Oz intro week before and was heading to Cairns the next day but he was so nice and he was like oh people who understand me lol. So we chatted to him and he was from Detroit Michigan and crazily knew what REdeemer was lol.
So that was our first good but tiring night with our whole group!

Day 2:
Tuesday we went to the Oz intro office and had to do all this paper work for stuff so that was kind of boring but then we went to the bank downtown and it was absoloutley huge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we got to got to take a ferry across the harbour again so i've seen lots of the opera house and the bridge now! So the ferry was fun and we took it to darling harbour to this restaurant where i had lamb kebabs and it was really good. Then we all went to the Aquarium and it was friggin awesome! We saw tons of fish and i found Nemo, and Dory and all these other fish. We saw manatees and sharks and starfish and the whole lot! Even some penguins! It was a really fun day!
Then later that night we went out to this backpackers bar called The Gaff it was a really good time out dancing with everyone and a bus took us there and picked us back up and brought us home!

Day 3:
Today we woke up at 8:30 am to get on a bus to travel 2 hours out of Sydney in 2 small vans to go to this beach to go learn to SURF!
When we got there we all got wetsuits and surfboards and was taught how to properly use the surfboard and paddle and everything like that. So then he told us to get in the water, so we went and practiced paddling and catching waves just on our stomachs not standing up yet and it was super fun!
Then he taught us on land how to properly stand on your board so we all went back out and tried it. I was scared to try it at first but i was like NO i'm not going to come all this way and not even try to surf so i caught a wave did what he told us to do and i stook up for like a second on my board and rode the wave then i fell off, lol.... but i got up which was impressive enough with my sense of balance lol! So that was my first experience of the Ocean and it was great, cept for swallowing the salt water when you fell off but yea it was good!
Really fun but tiring day. Then that night we all just sat around and chilled out everyone was super tired so everyone was in bed fairly early!

Day 4:
Today we were going to go to Bondi Beach and do a coastal walk but it was not very nice weather so we went to the Taronga Zoo instead which didn't disappoint me at all!!!!!
We had to take the ferry again over there and when we got there we had to ride these cable cars into the entrance of the zoo and the view was super pretty!
So the first thing we saw was KOALA bears!!!! finally and i could of stood there all day long and watched them they were adorable!!!!!!! <3
So we saw 2 shows while we were at the zoo a bird show which was cool and then a seal show! (seals are soo funny).
We also caught a bit of an elephant show! But yes the zoo was amazing we saw lions and tigers and bears, (OH MY). And much much more including Dingos and Kangaroos and monkeys and animals you find at the zoo lol!
The Kangaroos we got to see up real close as there was this path you could walk through and they were just in there lounging about and I actually got to TOUCH ONE!!!!! Dean gave it some lettuce he found and so it came up close and then i went in and petted its back and it was sooooo soft and soooo cute! ( hopefully if things go well the pics will be on facebook very shortly). so that was awesome that I got to see Koalas and touc h a Kangaroo!!! lol
i prob took way too many pics of those things but oh well! your only in AUs once!!!!!
So then tonight we have a work talk with our leader Trent just about how to go about getting a job and such so that will be boring but its necessary then we are all going out tonight for Fey's Bday so that will be fun!!!!

Everyone in our group is soo nice and Michelle and I have bonded well with these 2 English girls Bonnie and Amber they are both so sweet and we are really enjoying their company and rooming with them!!!!!!

Next on the agenda tommorrow is our trip to Blue Mountain which i am really excited for and then Sat night we have a pub crawl night and then Sunday night they take us up the beautiful Sydney tower to eat a paid for buffet meal where you can try Kangaroo and Crocodile (not sure if i'll be eating those but i should prob at least try them).

So i'm having a blast so far, i'm sorry that these 2 new updates are sooo long to read and i'm sorry it took so long to get them up!!!! We are having a great time but we are missing you guys too and hope everyone is well!

Love you all from Down Under!!!!