Oweek Adventures

Brisbane from the CityCat City Cat - Spider Bridge



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So it's Thursday Morning of Oweek, and I'm running off about 3 hours of sleep in the last 24 hour period (or something equally ridiculous) Oweek is the Oz version of Fresher's, and unlike Nottingham where I spent the majority of the week ill, I'm actually really enjoying this one...

We have been up to allsorts; from fresher games which take the awkwardness out of meeting people, to learning a full dance routine to Britney - I wanna go..that song is like a nightmare going round in my head because of the amount of times we have to practise..all good fun though. We've been woken up at 6am to go for a 5K run, and to practise the dance, had a round the world party which I went to as Pippa Middleton, and 3 other Brits went as Kate, Wills and Harry....We've been exploring the city some more, and it's nightlife (stupidly expensive!)...

Yesterday was ice-skating, followed by a bar crawl which started at 7pm, and then on return to IH we were forced to stay awk till 4:30am when we went to Mount Coo-tha to see the sunrise over Brisbane - the views were amazing, and the pictures really don't do it justice, we were freezing and there for about two hours before returning to our beds at 7am this morning. We did get pancakes at the top of the mountain though, and were proud of ourselves for making it all the way through...

Tomorrow we're off to Dreamworld, a theme park on the gold coast and then it's back to IH for a Rubix Cube Party...these jam-packed days continue till Sunday evening when we finially 'become a housie' and then term begins...

It's lots of fun, and a lot less pressure and alcohol orientated than England Fresher's week - not that i got to experience much of it, I'm enjoying myself but also missing those at home, and wishing you were all here to do these activities with me :) :)


At 4:30 on Mount Cootha Dawn at Mount Cootha


Love G xxx