Today was the first day of orientation. Mostly it meant a lot of sitting and listening to presentations from a bunch of people, but a lot of it was valuable and there were a few bright spots. We had a UWA anthropology prof who did a hilarious routine introducing us to "Australian" english ("G'day, howyagoin, Russell's me name"). I also got to meet some new people including Sindre, who's from Norway and also in Currie, and Tanja, a girl from Germany who's studying zoology and I hopefully will have in a few of my classes.
And if this is the dead of winter you'd never know it, weather today was sunny and about 55-60 F (which I should really be reporting in Celsius but the metric system is just one more thing to deal with right now). Tomorrow I have a free day so I'm going to be taking care of some logistical business and going to explore King's Park, which is a giant tract of land that sits between the university and downtown Perth. But first tonight I have bowling with Currie Hall folks in a few minutes.
There was a kookaburra calling in the trees when I came back to my room this evening. I'm in Australia. It's awesome.
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