Man i'm super bad at keeping this thing up to date...Lorne

As a welcome to Australia from Deakin University, they arranged a 'Beach Welcome' at this small sea side town called Lorne to allow exchange students to meet eachother and make some friends before lectures start. They had this whole list of activities that we would be doing, like learning to surf etc...Only problem was that the itinerary was for summer, and it being the start of July, it was the height of winter and believe me when i tell you it was FREEEEEEEZING!! So turns out all the activities they had planned were still going ahead despite the miserable weather, and i mean miserable; it rained constantly, the wind was icy cold, and being right next to the sea didn't really help! Now don't get me wrong, Lorne was absolutely beautiful (as you will see), it just wasn't really the weather for beach-related activities!

So here goes with the photos from the trip!

Here are some of the photos i took on the journey to Lorne.

Me and my housemates (L-R Julie, Lisa, Becca and Sami) on the coach to Lorne.

So the photos above are of the beach, clearly. It was truely beautiful, and these were actually taken the day we were leaving, and typically, it was the only day the sun came out!

The next photos are from the evenings. We pretty much just partied every night in 'The Beach House' which was a huge dormitory that most of the boys were staying in.

(L-R) Britainy, Becca and Sami

(L-R) Austin, Britainy and Sami

(L-R) Brittany and Hayden

Max

(L-R) Brittany, Hayden, Britainy, Max and Me

There was lots of pool playing and beer pong.

Julie playing pool

Beer pong (L-R) Brittany, Max, Zach and Fletcher

After the party on the first night wound down, a few of us headed down to the beach to hang out.

(L-R) Brittany, Britainy and Me

(L-R) Me, Brittany, Austin, Britainy and Jack

(L-R) Me, Brittany, Britainy, Jack and Zach

After the beach we hung out on the deck outside our apartment.

Brittany and Me

(L-R) Brittany, Me and Zach

(L-R) Austin, Me and Brittany

After the second night's party ended, a few of us broke into this outdoor trampoline area for some late night fun!

Britainy and Me bouncing

We also frequented this local pub. It was weird as it was attached to an off-license.

(L-R) Hayden, Becca, Britainy, Me and Sami

(L-R) Hayden, Becca, Britainy, Me and Sami

On the coach ride home, they'd planned for us to stop a few times along the way to see some of what Victoria had to offer BUT first we had to conquer 'The Great Ocean Road'. This in itself is a very well known place, however i don't know if everyone managed to enjoy it as it is an extremely long, windy road. Plus a lot of people were hungover from the party the night before. The views from the coach whilst going down 'The Great Ocean Road' were spectacular though. Here is some of them:

Our first stop was the 12 Apostles, however i am told that one of them collapsed last year, so technically there is only 11 Apostles now! It was really picturesk, and it was easy to see why it is such a photographed place. I wish the weather was better though. It was pouring with rain and was super windy...as you can see from the photo of us below.

(L-R) Jack, Will, Me, Britainy, Brittany and Hayden

The next stop was koala cove. We were not told much about this place, except that it was some kind of National Park where they had a lot of Koalas, hence the name. So we all pile off the coach and walk to the bottom of this road that is a huge hill. Then someone notices that in the VERY FIRST tree, there is a koala. So everyone starts taking photos of it, and the koala started making its way down the tree, and then at the last minute changed its mind and went back up. Here he/she is ^_^

Okay, so thats all for now. I have tons of stuff to catch you up with, so keep checking back for the other installments that will be coming your way ASAP!