Monday, September 10, 2012

September 8th: Village Trip

 south coast view






 temple grounds


































 treated myself :)

 kookaburra sits in the old gum tree (Literally!) 



 women's roles
 men's roles
 kangaroo hide
 random stop in the middle of no where

 Kangaroo Valley





 termite hill







 "twin falls" currently low on water...

edge of the waterfall 
shadows :)

Today another trip was provided for my AIFS group to the South Coast of Sydney and only about 7 of the 19 of us went. It was a nice trip of random site seeing. We stopped for views of the coastline and then went to go get lunch. I splurged on some ice cream. :) We learned a lot about the aboloriginal people and their customs. The woman there was only able to tell us about women’s work and the man the same about male’s roles. They showed us how to weave and carve and make a boomerang. I learned the boomerang is used to throw in a huge group toward a group of birds to send them into the air with a noise similar to bird flight. Once the birds are in the air, weapons are shot at them to get them. A non-returnable boomerang is used to throw at kangaroos or emus to knock them over or get them between the legs and break them. Then we went further south to a water fall. The scenery was gorgeous and Danielle and I were the only two that decided to walk around more to see the rest of the park. We all slept pretty well on the 2 hour bus ride back. I stayed up really like (3am) that night doing lots more homework to stay on task with what I need to get done…. I’m going to be tired tomorrow.

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