Bondstock

I'm off to an exciting week! It's week 5 here at Bond and that means Bondstock is happening all this week. I have my ticket to see The Potbelleez and End of Fashion tonight on campus - yay :) Tomorrow night, Nicole, Brynn and I are going to a "secret location" party. We heard a rumor that it's on the top of Q1 which is the largest (or maybe second largest now) residential building in the world. It's right in surfers paradise. I really wanted to go up and see the view sometime this semester so if we got to go for this, that would be awesome.

This morning on campus I went to go hear John Howard speak. He was the Australian prime minister from 1996 to 2007. I thought it was really interesting and the US was brought up on several occasions. In the question and answer period he even started into his thoughts on the US elections and the candidates. So far from my experience here, Australians are far more politically and globally aware than most Americans. It's rather scary at times.

Last night, my friends and I did some trip planning as well. It's looking like Melbourne, Cairns/The Great Barrier Reef and New Zealand will be on my list. I wanted to visit Alice Springs and see Uluru, but it's really expensive to fly out there and then take a tour in the outback. I'm already so grateful that I've seen as much as I have on this trip, so I'm not too disappointed. There is still a ton to see around here too! We are planning on taking the train to the Steve Irwin Zoo on Sunday for a day trip.

Well that's all for now - I have my group tennis lesson soon and then one more class for the day. I'll update more later and let you know how Bondstock went.