IsobelH

Isobel H

Week 1

We arrived on Monday and had a tour of the grounds. I found out my wardli group and settled in well. On Tuesday we went food shopping for the first time, it was a lot of fun! After that we went to the playground.On Wednesday we went to two mueseums. The first Mueseum was in Kadeena. It was a farming Mueseum and was really interesting. We then went a Mining Museum in Moonta. Which was really fun and interesting. Before we went to the Museum we went to an op shop in Maitland and found some clothes that would of been worn back in Mining times. I found a jumper! On Thursday we set off to Innis National Park to do some community service. We pulled out a South African Weed called PolyGala which is a pest. The only problem was that you would sometimes stand on ant hills with out noticing! We then went walking on a beach and picked up rubbish. I found this tiring as your feet would sink into the sand. After that we went back to the campsite and got ready to go on a nature drive. Our guide Van took us to Mallie Fowl nest and some really beautiful salt water lakes. In one of the lakes there was a dead kangaroo which was all bones. We went back to the campsite and made dinner. Claudia and I made pasta. We then went to look for Tamar Wallabies, we saw a lot! On Friday we woke up and got ready for pulling out more Polygala, weeds and rubbish. We didn't find much so we set off the beach. On the beach we picked up heaps more rubbish. I got an awkward t-shirt tan! We then went back to Wambana and had chill out and then made pizza for dinner! On Saturday we woke up and went for a run. We then ate breakfast and went food shopping, we bought heaps of good snacks! After that we came home and unpacked the shopping. We then had a wardli meeting. After that we got ready to go to the beach. I went swimming although it was freezing! On Sunday we got to sleep in, we then went snorkelling for the first time at Magazine Bay. It was really cold! I saw a bright orange starfish and lots of sea urchins. We came home and made a roast for dinner!

Week 2

On Monday we had a bake off. My Wardli made a starfish cake which was rainbow inside. It tasted really good! We then watched a few Simpsons Episodes and discussed Ethics. On Tuesday we went snorkelling again although we did not see much and it was very cold! We then were told we were going up to Point Pierce to play with the children at the Aboriginal School. I found this an amazing experience and had a lot of fun! We had lunch with the kids and made bracelets! I played with a little girl called Olivia who was sooo cute! On Wednesday we went snorkelling in some amazing rock pools! I really enjoyed looking at all the sea life and playing in the rock pools! On Thursday we did some school work and planned the mosaic for the bench. We then put a lot of mulch on the orchard trees. On Friday we went on our final food shop and bought heaps of fruit and vegetables. We then came home and did some more school work. After that we had lunch and then went and did some tree planting and Mosaicing. We made pizza's that night and watched 'Wild Child'. On Saturday, we did some homework and then I did some Mosaicing. We then practised for our tournaments of the minds. My Wardli came 3rd ! On sunday we got to sleep in although once again I woke up early. Claudia and I made brownies! We then ate real breakfast and got ready for the day. We met at 9:00 and were told we were going to have a scavenger hunt! The winner would get a bakery treat. We were given an hour and a half to search. Two teams won and unfortunately I was in one of the teams that lost. We then ate lunch. Then we were told half of us were going to do some science work while the others were doing mosaicing. I really enjoyed moscaing. Ellen made Chicken and Cauliflower pilaff for dinner!

Week 3 On Monday we went to Hardwicke bay to help the community up there with weeding and other gardening things. We weeded and planted trees in the morning and then had lunch. After lunch we went a garden that wilderness has set up and did some more weeding. We saw a blue tongue lizard and a legless lizard. On Tuesday we did some homework and had a Quick lunch before we set out to go surfing! We got on the bus and travelled to a beach where we got on our boards and learnt to surf. I found it redicuously hard at first but soon got the hang of it and stood up twice. We saw a huge pod of dolphins and they were playing in the surf with us! We came home exhausted and made pasta for dinner. On Wednesday we went down to a beach and surfed the whole morning. I found that I really improved and stood up heaps of times. We saw another pod of dolphins as well. We came back at 12:00 and had lunch. We then met up at the classroom and watched a movie called blue crush. Blue Crush is about three girls who are surfers in Hawaii and are getting ready for a contest. It was a really good movie. For dinner we had Curry. On Thursday we woke up to find our wetsuits wet once again. We got in them and headed straight for innes national park beach to go surfing. Although when we got there there were no waves at all and it was really cold! We then went to Marion Bay and Kim bought us all chips! When we got back we ate lunch and started to clean out our kitchen a bit. We then headed to the classroom and watched finding nemo and did some work. The teachers made us dinner! It was really really really good! We then cleaned up the wardli a bit more and came up to the class room. Tomorrow (Friday) we are leaving Wamabana and going back to Adelaide. Although I am really excited to get home to see my family, I will really miss REALISE. It's going to be weird with out all the people in my Wardli as they have become a second family! I have become closer with people and made a lot of new friends!