Aaaaaaah!

Here's a brief outline of what the last month of my stay in Australia looks like.

I spent the second weekend of October in Sydney, flew back to Brisbane that Sunday morning and left for Carnarvon Gorge the next morning (Monday).  After a ten hour bus ride, my class mates and I arrived at the Gorge where we spent five days forging rivers, hunting platypuses, and doing field work.  After another ten hour bus ride, this time in the rain, we were back in Brisbane, again.  All time unoccupied by lecture during the next week was spent working on a scientific report about the research I had done while on Straddie.  That paper was due last thursday.  Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and today were spent working on a paper for my Australian Studies class, which I just turned in, as well as studying for the Marine Bio final I have on Wednesday.  Currently, I'm taking a break from school work to, finally, update my blog.  Then it's back to studying.  I leave for a trip to Heron Island on the Great Barrier Reef late Thursday night and need to have most of my research for a project testing the effects of sea cucumber toxins on bacteria done before then.  Then I'll spend ten labourious days snorkeling and diving among the corals; I know, my life really sucks ;) When I get back from Heron on November 7, it's back to the grind stone to spit out a scientific paper on my Heron Island research, write a paper and take a final for my Terrestrial Ecology class and write up a research proposal before Friday the 13.  I guess I had to earn those 21 units at some point. haha

My detailed account of Sydney and Carnarvon will be up soon.  The pictures are already up, though.  So take a look and enjoy!

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