The last few days have been busy here on the Sunshine Coast! Since I last wrote, living here has become a bit easier. Nikki and I walked to Wooly’s a grocery/everything store and learned the trick of taking our trolly(shopping cart) home with us. We are able to wheel all of our groceries back to Unicentral and leave the carts outside for someone to pick them up. Very handy however, the carts tend to roll sideways and it is still over a mile walk. Besides that, we made our first LEGAL alcohol purchase! Not quite as exciting as we had hoped…. Goon (boxed wine) will soon be our best friend with some added flavor! It’s crazy being around 18 year olds that are able to drink… Makes me feel old.
Sunday morning Nikki and I woke up early (still getting used to the time change) and took a walk on the path behind Unicentral to the Uni to have a look around. Campus is small yet exciting. It has a modern feel to it with some interesting architecture. The most well known building is pictured here and referred to as “the Cheese Grater”. On campus we saw our first kangaroos! They are bigger than you’d think and look so cool when they hop around. We can’t get too close though, they could definitely beat up a grown man if they feel threatened.
We spent our Sunday afternoon by the pool relaxing and getting a tan. Not bad for a February day. It was hot and humid the first few days here. Monday was our first day of orientation! We attended some sessions, learned about the Uni, and made a friend! Her name is Jess and she goes to Adelphi University in New York. She is from DC and also happens to be a Delta Gamma! Who would have thought my first good friend here would also be a long lost sister! She is so nice and quite funny with many stories. We plan to travel a lot with her.
Today was our second day of ‘O’ Week and we spent it in a few sessions, tried to get some free stuff at the Uni Market day (which wasn’t like the GF involvement expo….nothing was free! Not even pens!). Then we hopped on the bus and headed to the Sunshine Plaza in Mooloolaba. It was our first bus experience and it went well! We saw beaches on the way that we will get to soon, no doubt. I can’t wait to walk around and discover all these smaller cities have to offer. Sunshine Plaza was beautiful, but different compared to our malls. It was enclosed in some parts with AC and in the sunshine with bridges and water fountains and beautiful scenery in others. Definitely lots of cute things could be found there! I had to use lots of self control.
The last two days have been rainy! I suppose it is the rainy season here, but it is called the Sunshine Coast for a reason! Hopefully the sun will come out soon so I can begin my bronzing. Another few days of ‘O’ week left and then hopefully a fun, yet relaxing weekend! Nikki, Jess and I have started to plan a couple weekend trips coming up in the next few weeks and hope to meet lots of new people in the process. Every day gets a little bit better. Until Next time…
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85C/ 7Varsity View Court
Sippy Downs, QLD Australia 4556
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