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Lj2 high  school stiAd&nh... 3 Weeks <rf June                 Ko h r flig h t. ..

                                      ■WM  Ground  the  w orld                Q  rtcfpc  fo r disaster  o r
                                    2            the  & }p & i£ rttt  o f  a  life tim e      ?

                                          Australia '  The  Lund  Down  U nder Ne traveled for  HO straight
                                        hours,  traversed  the  International I  Date  Line, and  fin a lly  <wived
                                   in   fyisbdne,  Queensland-  f i t  struggled  with phone  Cards  a nd  ate
                                  blom d  bmff&b style  food ( if we  w eren't  heave  enough  to  sp/ce  thing
                                  up rvith  some  Vecjcnnte), but  the  Company  was  always,  good.

                                    a.  ■■■ fd im                                  mldM phim                                                          --
                                  O tr tv o a m c t                      U        (\     V h o o f            b u s . - . h o l d i n
                                               Ms ...Sh Ohjcelinc)  the.  jfir& rt  Sorrier  \eeK. .
                                                      rides  .. QOrmes odQm.-.fmd  the McDonalds
                                                 t  I chip  adopted  *The  (Jxnd  Down  Under“  as  our
                                  fhem e  soma  and responded  ho  oun guides  erics  o f  \'Aussie-  Aussie
                                 Aussie"  rv/Th  our  loud  replies  of  *0y Oy  O f h/u soon  found ourselves
                                 o f  0 farm  in the  town  or  Toowoomha, which  aetuully  turned
                                  at  h   bt  a  hole  m  the  ground - believe  it  or  not.
                                            <?  foonti flfo and hoi ihocola-U.  and                                 Tam
                                         IWlosionS-.-ddoa                                                           namedowd <n  da!  named

                                       Ram (no -jokp.-■-frrciicl  /mommas  dnd el&Utic
                                    blanrus... C*dS                       itunks        ■ hifjng, tin t danctoq .

                                  th t  SfkAiherm  Ovo$&... didgaddoaj-..                                                _  —

                                         Finally  we  got  to  m eet  some,  locals  at  it-Jeeps  Col leadin,
                                  rvhere  we-  quickly  bonded  over  games  o f / m k   andhuskethatl
                                  as  r\jell as  morning  and  afternoon  teas. (before  tong  rve. were
                                  Corrupting  our  Ansae  friends  rv/th  America n  Vocab^/a^y,

                                        We  eventually  left  Queensland  and traveled  couth  to  (Jew
                                 iouth  Wales,  and  didn't stop  until  we reached Sydney-  The
                                 'irehitecture  o f the  Sydney  Opera House  dazzled us,  rve found demo
                                     the  aquarium;and as  the sun  set over  Sydney /farbovr(&ti^£
                                   t  found  ourselves  HHOft high, a t th e very peak  o f the  Sydney
                                   inboar  bridge, having  clim bed  a  to ta l  o f  iiS T  cfepr.
                                        before  rve knew J  rve  were  back  on  u  plane, headed  tv
                                        Christchurch, Aten Zealand- the  noounfainoau e&ttf
                                   lUntry  where  sheep  outnum ber  people
                                    /0  tn  l.

                                              rccppcllinoi  dooun  d  %00-fif  ClrjF  •

                                   4 t f c r % i V # I      i .  ]      i  a   v o l c a m o f y o i n   d o t i d   k t i o u c
                                   a   odortoucf  an hi you  trip  clirviikxnqi  uphdff--

                                                    •S p rin g s        .  C h a m p a g n e   F>aol

                                         .A n d   before  uJe  kweco  if, our  three  weeks  were. op.
                                 hfC traveled back  to  the  States-  mucin  heavier  than  when  we  left'
                                 kilograms  of soo rentr$f dozens-  o f nolk  o f Dim. timeless  memories •
                                 and new   friends,  The  only  thing  (ack/ncy  was  monc  tim e..  ..


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