I don't have any pictures where I actually surf, because the waves weren't that good and so I couldn't show my talent haha.
Mittwoch, 16. Oktober 2013
Surfing
I don't have any pictures where I actually surf, because the waves weren't that good and so I couldn't show my talent haha.
Donnerstag, 26. September 2013
Melbourne
On saturday the big grey bird brought us from Brisbane, Queensland to Melbourne, Victoria. The flight was only one and a half hours. We arrived at midnight and went directly to bed when we arrived at our hostel.
The first thing we saw were the "Queen Victoria Markets". It's a big market with clothes, food and souvenirs.
Melbourne is not that big and so we walked everywhere.
The Federation Square is a nice place with interesting buildings. Right next to it is the St. Paul's Cathedral.
Next to the Yarra River is the art district of Melbourne with the Melbourne Ballett, different theatres and museums.
It's also very nice to have a walk beside the river. Melbourne has many trams to go around the city. One of them is free and makes one circle around the city square. We did this tour with the tram on our last day in Melbourne. There was one small street called Degraves Street where we had dinner in one of the small restaurants.
There are also some nice malls and shopping streets haha.
We also walked through China Town which is actually only one street. But I ate the cheapest sushi of my life- it was only 2$ per sushi roll!
At tuesday evening our time in Melbourne was already over and we went back to my australian home.
The first thing we saw were the "Queen Victoria Markets". It's a big market with clothes, food and souvenirs.
Melbourne is not that big and so we walked everywhere.
The Federation Square is a nice place with interesting buildings. Right next to it is the St. Paul's Cathedral.
Next to the Yarra River is the art district of Melbourne with the Melbourne Ballett, different theatres and museums.
It's also very nice to have a walk beside the river. Melbourne has many trams to go around the city. One of them is free and makes one circle around the city square. We did this tour with the tram on our last day in Melbourne. There was one small street called Degraves Street where we had dinner in one of the small restaurants.
There are also some nice malls and shopping streets haha.
We also walked through China Town which is actually only one street. But I ate the cheapest sushi of my life- it was only 2$ per sushi roll!
At tuesday evening our time in Melbourne was already over and we went back to my australian home.
Freitag, 20. September 2013
Dream World
I don’t know why but I’m actually a bit scared of rollercoaster rides but yesterday I went to Dream World, which is a theme park at the Gold Coast, and went for a ride with the scariest rollercoaster I’ve ever seen. It took us nearly 2 hours to go there but everybody was excited when we finally arrived. The first attraction was like a round carousel. We sat in a circle and the arm of it swung from one side to the other till it was upright. After that we went to a rollercoaster which looked like a normal one but while we were standing in the queue we realized that it’s one with two looping.
I’m glad I survived it but there were attractions which were much scarier than that looping rollercoaster. The next carousel had two queues; one for an easy ride without going upside down and one where the ride was upside down and with full speed. I wanted to do the easy one, but my nice friends forced me to go with them to the queue for the hard one.
Now I can say I went for a ride with the most confusing carousel in my life! :D
After a quick lunch we went to the next attraction which was the lodge ride which is a ride in water and a jump into water. And yes we were really, really wet after that!
The next rollercoaster was no normal one, because the seats were in form of a motorbike and so it felt like we were driving a motorbike. It was actually not really funny, because there was no looping, haha. The next rollercoaster looked scary and the name “Tower of Terror” sounds also scary. But yes, I did it! It has this scary name, because you go with 131 km/h backwards and then vertical up that you're facing the ground. I had the chance to sit in the first row and being more scared than I actually was because nothing than air was in front of me when we went down again. The whole ride was only 16 seconds long.
Another attraction we went to was the "Zombie House”. We walked in a row through the house and at nearly every wall was an actor who scared us. It was sometimes pretty funny because they were not able to scare us but one man was jumping in front of me and I had to scream (I nearly screamed the whole day haha).
The last rollercoaster we had a ride with was called “The Heart” because of its shape.
The wagon drove really slowly till we were upside down. Then it stopped for nearly 5 seconds (my heart stopped as well) before it went backwards down then up again then forwards down then up again then it stopped another time upright before it went down and the ride finished. This was the only rollercoaster I would never do again! But I’m really proud of myself that I was brave enough to do the other ones and I would also do them again!
I’m glad I survived it but there were attractions which were much scarier than that looping rollercoaster. The next carousel had two queues; one for an easy ride without going upside down and one where the ride was upside down and with full speed. I wanted to do the easy one, but my nice friends forced me to go with them to the queue for the hard one.
Now I can say I went for a ride with the most confusing carousel in my life! :D
After a quick lunch we went to the next attraction which was the lodge ride which is a ride in water and a jump into water. And yes we were really, really wet after that!
The next rollercoaster was no normal one, because the seats were in form of a motorbike and so it felt like we were driving a motorbike. It was actually not really funny, because there was no looping, haha. The next rollercoaster looked scary and the name “Tower of Terror” sounds also scary. But yes, I did it! It has this scary name, because you go with 131 km/h backwards and then vertical up that you're facing the ground. I had the chance to sit in the first row and being more scared than I actually was because nothing than air was in front of me when we went down again. The whole ride was only 16 seconds long.
Another attraction we went to was the "Zombie House”. We walked in a row through the house and at nearly every wall was an actor who scared us. It was sometimes pretty funny because they were not able to scare us but one man was jumping in front of me and I had to scream (I nearly screamed the whole day haha).
The last rollercoaster we had a ride with was called “The Heart” because of its shape.
The wagon drove really slowly till we were upside down. Then it stopped for nearly 5 seconds (my heart stopped as well) before it went backwards down then up again then forwards down then up again then it stopped another time upright before it went down and the ride finished. This was the only rollercoaster I would never do again! But I’m really proud of myself that I was brave enough to do the other ones and I would also do them again!
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| That was during the ride of the "Tower of Terror" and I'm the second one from the right side in the white t-shirt haha |
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| "The Heart" |
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| "The Claw" |
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| Me before the "Tower of Terror" haha |
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| "Wipeout" |
Montag, 9. September 2013
Sonntag, 18. August 2013
Brisbane & The Ekka
Yesterday we went to the Ekka in Brisbane! We had to stand up at five in the morning which was pretty early… The Ekka is a big exhibition which was originally about agricultural things but now there are beside cows, horses and sheep also rollercoaster! We went first into to the cow stall where we made a picture sitting on the bull which won a price last year! That was really funny. After that we walked around the different stalls and the house about agricultural things. We spent nearly 1 hour in the food court tasting different bread, beef, apples and other things. At a table with spicy sauces I tasted a sauce which was 10++/10 and yes it was really hot, hotter than fire!
After the
food court we watched a dog show where different types of dogs were judged. One
dog had so many hair in his face that we couldn’t see his eyes. He looked
really funny but he didn’t win the price of his category. Our next stop was the
high flyer. It’s a carousel 20m above the ground. In the first moment it was a
bit scary to be 20m in the air but then we enjoyed the view over Brisbane.
After 4
hours at the Ekka we went with the train into the city centre of Brisbane. We had a walk
through Queens Street
which is the main street of Brisbane.
We walked to the middle of one of the bridges to have a better view over the
river and the “House of Performing Arts”.
Then we
went back to the train station to go back to Caloundra.
Montag, 12. August 2013
The first boating
Last wednesday I had my first boating lesson with a power boat! I was the first one in my group to drive the boat away from the beach into the canal. First I was really afraight because I won't crash with another boat or a post. So I drove really slow to be carefully. When we went out of the canal I started to drive faster, because there was more space and so I wasn't afraight anymore to crash with something. The boating teacher told us to drive an eight that was not really difficult, but at next we had to drive straight away from the beach which was really difficult because we went backwards. After that we had to rescue a "person" which was acted by a pylon. In the end everybody tried to park the boat at the jetty which was not as easy as we thought it would be and so everybody needed more than one try haha.
After 90 minutes it was unfortunately over, because it was so much fun! Now I'm looking forwards to my next boating lesson in term 4. And for all german students, yes I got marked on driving a boat haha! :D
After 90 minutes it was unfortunately over, because it was so much fun! Now I'm looking forwards to my next boating lesson in term 4. And for all german students, yes I got marked on driving a boat haha! :D
Freitag, 2. August 2013
Heron Island - The Great Barrier Reef
What an amazing week!
On sunday night I went with other marine studies students and some internationals to Heron Island in the Great Barrier Reef. First we went with the bus to Gladstone and then with a boat to Heron Island. The 2 hours on the boat felt like a never ending time, because the wind was very strong and the boat swung the whole time up and down. In the beginning it was funny but after 30 minutes I got seasick and went to the outside of the boat, which was much better!
After 2 hours we finally arrived at Heron Island, and the first impressions were the best I ever had!
White sand, turquoise water and a blue sky! This is paradise!
We brought our things into the rooms and after that we had our first reef walk. At this walk we chose a organism we want to explore for the week. Cecilia and I took a blue clam.
After lunch we had our first dive. We should find our organism again at high tide. When Cecilia and I went nearer to the place where the clam must be three black-tip-sharks crossed our way. I was really surprised but I found it also very interesting but Cecilia was so scared of them that we went back. On our way back to the others we saw a shark which was as big as me!
On the next day they we were surprised by the water, because there was no water anymore. The guests of the resort left the island, but the teachers decided to stay. In the afternoon we had another dive in the reef. And on this dive we saw a ray, a turtle and some really big fish.
On wednesday the water came back but we had to be very carefully with it. On midday we went with the boat in the middle of the ocean and had a really amazing dive. We saw a cornet fish and many different corals.
In the evening we had a harbour dive during the sunset. This was so beautiful, because we saw the sun at the horizon while we were in the water. In the night we went to the jetty to watch the spangled sky, the sky was so clear that we saw every little star and also 5 shooting stars!
On our last day we stood up at half past five to watch the sunrise. We sat on the beach and watched the sun go up. This view was really amazing, because the sun dyed everything into red.
At half past twelve we went again on the boat, but the trip was very good, because there was nearly no wind. After the long bus trip from Gladstone to Caloundra I was really tired and just felt asleep when I was back in my australian home!
On sunday night I went with other marine studies students and some internationals to Heron Island in the Great Barrier Reef. First we went with the bus to Gladstone and then with a boat to Heron Island. The 2 hours on the boat felt like a never ending time, because the wind was very strong and the boat swung the whole time up and down. In the beginning it was funny but after 30 minutes I got seasick and went to the outside of the boat, which was much better!
After 2 hours we finally arrived at Heron Island, and the first impressions were the best I ever had!
White sand, turquoise water and a blue sky! This is paradise!
We brought our things into the rooms and after that we had our first reef walk. At this walk we chose a organism we want to explore for the week. Cecilia and I took a blue clam.
After lunch we had our first dive. We should find our organism again at high tide. When Cecilia and I went nearer to the place where the clam must be three black-tip-sharks crossed our way. I was really surprised but I found it also very interesting but Cecilia was so scared of them that we went back. On our way back to the others we saw a shark which was as big as me!
On the next day they we were surprised by the water, because there was no water anymore. The guests of the resort left the island, but the teachers decided to stay. In the afternoon we had another dive in the reef. And on this dive we saw a ray, a turtle and some really big fish.
On wednesday the water came back but we had to be very carefully with it. On midday we went with the boat in the middle of the ocean and had a really amazing dive. We saw a cornet fish and many different corals.
In the evening we had a harbour dive during the sunset. This was so beautiful, because we saw the sun at the horizon while we were in the water. In the night we went to the jetty to watch the spangled sky, the sky was so clear that we saw every little star and also 5 shooting stars!
On our last day we stood up at half past five to watch the sunrise. We sat on the beach and watched the sun go up. This view was really amazing, because the sun dyed everything into red.
At half past twelve we went again on the boat, but the trip was very good, because there was nearly no wind. After the long bus trip from Gladstone to Caloundra I was really tired and just felt asleep when I was back in my australian home!
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| A shell! |
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| Sunrise! |
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| Research Station! |
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| The beach! |
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| A seastar! |
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| Jetty! |
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| Me haha! |
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| Sunset! |
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| Sunset! |
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| Our clam! |
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| A shark! |
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| The Great Barrier Reef! |
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| Sunrise! |
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| Me at the reef walk! |
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| A ray! |
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