Fun Times

Time in Perth is winding down. This time next week I will be in Brisbane.

My Wildlife Conservation exam on Friday went well, and since then I've had a few days off with no real need to start studying for a zoology practical on Thursday (I'll start tomorrow) and some time to kill. This had led to some fun activities.

Saturday morning I went out with my friend Julia to explore King's Park a little further, starting with Jacob's Ladder. This is a steep, twisting staircase that is sort of a backdoor entrance to the park near Perth downtown. It's quite a hike to get to the top, which probably explains the presence of huge amounts of joggers out there on Saturday morning:



The rest of Saturday and Sunday were pretty uneventful - hung out, watched some movies, played some tennis, shot some pool (and snooker, which the exchanges have been learning), watched Australia lose to England in rugby. Then Sunday night we were all bored and trying to think of something to do, when Cindy (middle of the picture below) had the brilliant idea that we should all construct a fort in our common room. In the spirit of acting like responsible, mature adults, we all rushed off to our rooms, grabbed all our bedding materials, and proceeded to make a truly awesome fort. As you can see below:


(inside)


(and outside)

We then hung out and watched Toy Story 3 in our fort before ending the evening playing cards.

Monday morning (today) I went on yet another trip to the zoo - this was #8 and probably my last time unless I get ambitious and decide I want to go for double digits - with my friend Bee, a fellow exchanger from Vermont who I had Wildlife Conservation with. She's a bit of a fellow animal nerd (Animal Science major) so it was nice to be able to talk with someone about animals and have them actually know what was going on.

Lots of animals out and about today, including an incredibly cute baby lemur:



As well as the usual giraffes, zebras, etc

Right as we were leaving we also ran into the zoo's daily elephant walk, where they take one of their elephants for a loop of the zoo grounds along the public paths. It's definitely not something I'm used to, but it was very cool to have an animal of that size walking past you with basically no barriers or restraints.

And that about brings my life up to speed. One more exam then I'm good to go on traveling.