Over the long weekend, Sophia and I organised to take a few of our international students over to her home-town Shepparton (country Victoria). There were 9 of us who went up for an overnight trip.
Country trips are nothing for me - in terms of distance and time - so our 24 hour trip was a buzz! I love a good drive through the countryside, and my carload got the full guided tour (including the Rooster Tree!)
I was the only person in our group who couldn't speak Korean (ok, my one liners don't get me very far), so it was awesome for me to experience what it feels like when you are really only catching phrases based on names and body language. They were so kind to me though - trying to explain their jokes and keeping me up with what was going on - which must have been a bit of a burden, but I was so grateful!
Despite learning that you definitely can survive, the language barrier did cause one small disaster which ended up with Mook and Me in the freezing swimming pool...
We had a night drive out of town to check out our great Southern stars! We lay down on the road and searched for shooting stars. Mook got to have his first drive in Australia, and we also took a night walk around the lake.
The weather was amazing both days! Sunday had a friendly soccer game with some local kids at the park, and Monday, we visited the Fauna Park so everyone got to see the kangaroos! We had a nice drive back through some farmland, with the sun shining, windows down, and the girls fast asleep in the back......
It was nice to take a day out of busy Melbourne life to spend with these guys and to get out of town!
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| Our crew |
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| Our car was aptly named the 'Fun Car' |
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| My new friend Jusin with the cockatoos |
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| This is Dobee's impression of being in the car with me! |
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| Last day with Jacob before he goes back to Korea |
2 weeks to go...
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