Crickey!

It's Monday morning and I'm about to head off to class (Oz culture...we're going to talk to some representative in parliament today!) I had one of the best weekends of my life:

After four dives (two Friday, two Saturday) I am officially SCUBA certified! The dives were amazing! On the last dive, we saw it "all": 3 types of sharks, a HUGE monterey, smaller sting rays, a turtle, eels, puffer fish, NEMO, ....and more! SCUBA is incredible...I think everyone needs to try it.

Sunday, we spent the whole day (left at 5:45 AM got back at 9 PM) at the Australian Zoo. The Australian Zoo is Steve Irwin's zoo...and it's by far, the best zoo I've ever been too! The animals do not seem drugged and miserable to be in a tiny cage...most of them aren't even in "cages." It's obvious that the animals are treated with respect and the staff LOVES their jobs (I thought of you the whole day, Sherry!) We walked through two different "Kangaroo Heavens" where it was just like a play park for the kangaroos where we could pet, feed, lay, hop around with the laid back kangaroos! We also were allowed to feed the elephants, pet the koalas, touch alligators...it was so neat. There was even these crazy huge lizards that were just running around the entire zoo. They also had staff just walking around the park with animals (wombats, lizards, crocs, snakes, goats...) The zoo also did a wonderful job promoting wildlife conservation and education (Steve family's mission is to raise awareness...and money..)It was well worth the 4 hour drive to the zoo...

you all will just need to wait to see the incredible pictures!

hope you all had an equally-amazing weekend :)
love.