Australia

Friday, September 16, 2011

The Fall Australia 2011 Group

Nothing like some pizza & beer

Kangaroo Crossing

Python in the laundry room

Education majors volunteering at the Lennox Head public Elementary School.

F.R.I.E.N.D.S

Food Fest. Friday & Saturday September 9th & 10th we all volunteered at the Ballina food fest. Busy day, but it was a success. Not to mention some pretty good food!

Marine Biology. We caught small puffer fish and tagged them. Even caught a few that were tagged by last BSU students. We were able to scan them and track where they have been and how much they grew.

Tagging the fish

Our best puffer fish faces!

Monday, September 5, 2011

On Monday September 5th we went on our second field trip for Australian life and culture. We visited the Tweed River Art Gallery and the Bryon Bay lighthouse!

The Gallery

Was situated in Murwillumbah, centre of the scenic Tweed Valley Australia, which is formed from the eroded volcanic shield of Mt Warning. The Gallery serves a fast growing region populated by many artists and craftspeople. The Gallery promote the understanding and enjoyment of all the arts, especially the visual arts.

Lighthouse

The Cape Byron Lighthouse is Australia's most easterly light being situated on the most easterly point of the mainland. It is also Australia's most powerful Lighthouse.

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Scuba Diving

Friday September 2 Ben and I took our first ocean open water dives with Sundive Scuba diving. Below is some information about the site! Sunday we will go back for 2 more dives and receive our scuba diving certification!!! Unfortunately we were not able to bring our underwater cameras and capture the unique underwater adventure, here is a link to see the gallery of the different species we saw!

http://www.sundive.com.au/about-sundive-diving-at-byron-bay-australia/gallery/p/58

Located just 2.5 kilometres from Byron Bay, one of Australia's most popular travel destinations, Julian Rocks Marine Park is rated as one of the top five scuba diving locations in Australia. The mixing of tropical warm currents with cooler temperate waters makes the diving near Byron Bay unique.

Due to its amazing diversity and abundance of fish life with over 1000 recorded species of tropical, temperate and pelagic fish, Julian Rocks has earned a reputation as being one of the most prolific fish dives in the world. Whales, Dolphins, Manta Rays, Leopard Sharks, the endangered Grey Nurse Shark and three species of Turtle are all common visitors to Julian Rocks. All the action is just 10 minutes from Byron Bay's main beach!

Sundive is Byron Bay's only PADI 5 Star Dive Centre. Since it was established in 1988, Sundive has earned numerous PADI service awards and is internationally recognised as a centre of excellence in diver training. Training ranges from introductory dives and beginner dive courses through to instructor certifications. So if you are looking to dive Byron Bay, Sundive should be your first port of call.