in the land of oz

soo..i arrived here safe and sound...a couple delays but all flights went well...long but well

i met soem nice people - a nice business man who travellss ALOT who ehlped me figure otu Toronto airport and a nice girl from Wales taking chemistry. No baggage problems...wish i had dressed differently and no matter how hard i try, i ALWAYS get dehydrated when i fly. oh and i havea knack for settign off the alarm at security and thus go patted down alot, but hey...whatever

me with my luggage

mom and i before i leave

anyhow, jamie and sarah ( the other girl from UNBSJ) met me in townsville airport/ very wierd to sit in what woudl be our drivers seat and drive on the other side of the road.

so, it IS quite hot here. Australia's in a huge drough trigh tnow but its been raining here so its right humid.

there are sooooooo many birds everywhere here - lorikeets, curlews, peewees, bug stork-like things, turkeys, doves (if you dont know what they look like google image them or soon i ll hopeful have pictures)....adn they are sooo noisey btu beatiful. there are also these bats in the frount yard that i haevnt seen yet btu make crazy noises

i went to campus yesterday to look around with sarah, jaime, and ryan...beatiful. we found a cacadia shell stuck to a eucalytus tree. apparently there are also frilled lizards, wallabies, dingos and even some ecidnas on campus as well..oh yea!!

view out my bedroom window:

anyhow...i will definately upday mroe later but, i will post more soon..peace