G'day!

Sorry that I haven't posted a blog in a couple weeks...I leave for my first mid-semester break trip next Thursday so I've been working hard trying to finish all of my assignments that are due the week we come back as well as the week after (since I have a 3-day field trip the following weekend after break). Since nothing too exciting has been happening I won't post a blog until after I get back from both trips, which won't be until early May...or possibly the night I get back from the first trip. Anyways, I thought that I would post the itineraries so that people can see what I'll be doing! Hope all is well back home and miss everyone so much!

Trip #1- Arcadia Trip: Mini Reef and Rainforest Trip (in/around Cairns)-
Thurs. April 24- Arrive in Cairns city, night at Gilligans (a hostel)
Fri. April 25- snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef for the day, dinner at Rhino Bar in Cairns city
Sat. April 26- Breakfast with the birds (literally eat breakfast surrounded by tropical birds in the rainforest) in Port Douglas, guided Australian animal tour, mangrove and crocodile tour, Cape Tribulation
Sun. April 27- Mossman Gorge, Kuku Yalanji Cultural Centre (local Aboriginal people will take us on an interpretive walk and teach us about their food and how they live off the land, back to Cairns Student Lodge by 3:30pm

Trip #2- Australia Zoo/Fraser Island Trip-
Tue. April 29- flight from Cairns to Brisbane, day in Brisbane, night at Mantra Mooloolaba accomodations
Wed. April 30- Australia Zoo for the day!, zoo safari tour, depart for Hervey Bay where we will spend the night
Thurs. May 1- depart for Fraser Island, stay at Kingfisher Bay Resort
Fri. May 2- Fraser Island
Sat. May 3- depart for Hervey Bay, flight Hervey Bay to Brisbane, flight Brisbane to Cairns