Tugboats and Harbors

July 31st
Got to sleep in a little more today which is always nice! At around 1 o'clock we were meeting up with the rest of the students and their hosts that are at Rouse Hill Public School. One of the teacher's boyfriend has a tugboat and he offered to take us all out for a ride through the harbor. Though I have been able to see the harbor, Opera House and bridge from land, I must say it is just as breathtaking from a boat, and it couldn't have been nicer weather! The sun was shining and all in good company. Once we anchored the boat at a little beach area, we had a little buffet of various foods known in Australia. We were in charge of the candy (Jaffers, Fantails, Minties) or "Lollies" as they would call them, and others brought Lamingtons, TimTams, homemade desserts and other finger foods. So we all grazed about the food and read the trivia that was on the wrappers of the Fantails. Eventually, it was time to pull in the anchor and head back to the dock, but overall I am glad that Neil was generous enough to offer to take all of us on his boat/home.

Katie, Jillian (host teacher) and I :)

While we were on the boat we had been talking about what we did over the weekend and about our hosts, and I'm pretty sure that there are some that could be jealous of how lucky Katie and I got :)






Not much happened once we got home. We ate some pasta with mushrooms, spinach, and tomatos in it and then Katie and I headed down to the basement to do some hw by the fire. I really didn't get anything done but the fire was nice! haha Plus once Katie went to bed Wilson decided he wanted to join me on the couch :)