Spring Break: Australia

     After only a month and a half of studying at the University of Canterbury we were given two weeks off for Spring Break.  I traveled with a group of seven international students from Christchurch across the eastern coast of Queensland.  Our 9 day vacation began in Brisbane, where we explored the city for the day and walked around town that night.

Brisbane City

   The next day we woke up early to drive to Noosa Heads.  We all spent the day at the beach relaxing and shopping.  The day after we headed to Bundaberg, hoping to tour their rum distillery.  After finding out it was a bit pricey, we headed to the beach again to play in the

waves.

Noosa Heads

Bundaberg

    The next few days Riley and I stayed in Hervey Bay, while the others went on a tour to Fraser Island.  A couple of the days ended up being pretty rainy, but we were still able to go to the beach and explore the town.  My favorite part of Hervey Bay was trying one of the best meals I have ever tasted.. a kangaroo steak.

After the delicious meal, I decided to go play with some of his siblings at Dreamworld.

  

      Dreamworld is the Gold Coast's largest theme park.  They had an entire theme park, waterpark, and zoo.  For me this was the highlight of the entire trip.  I was able to pet and feed any of the free roaming kangaroos at the zoo.    My camera broke later that day, but I also paid to hold a young koala at the park.

 

-Megan Waterhouse