After officially booking a return date on July 15, this past month has marked my exchange halfway. It is very sad. These past 6 months have gone by so fast. They were filled with so many fantastic moments and hard moments and I have learned so much! The most depressing part is that I reckon these last 6 months will go by even faster.
This past month was great as my host sister and I found so
many great things to do with each other to fill these summer days. We
have become super close friends and I don't want to leave her. It has
been so hot but its oddly been a rainy summer as well. Bush fires have
started up in so many places mainly along the Great Ocean Road because
of all the dry heat and wind.
This month was also exciting as
I got to travel down to Melbourne and watch some of the tennis matches
at the Australian Open live from 5 rows back. The Australian Open is a
major tennis competition that people from all over the world compete in.
Its been going on for ten days now and we are almost down to the final 2
competitors.
January 26th I got to celebrate this beautiful
country as it was Australia Day!! Australians aren't really prideful, or
at least not as prideful as America. No one really focuses on the day.
There are no parties or fireworks. Australia Day is actually a
controversy here because a lot of people think celebrating Australia day
is disrespectful to the aboriginals who first inhabited the land. The
Rotary club of Sale held a BBQ in the park where the mayor was able to
pledge 22 people who became Australian citizens.
Just
yesterday was the first day back to school and it was a great day. Rollover at the end of the year last year is actually the smartest thing
because it takes away all the build up, suspense and nerves you get
before the first day of school. It just makes it feel like another break
and then your back to school. It made everyone settle right in and
comfortably get back into routine. I like it. There is so much to look
forward to in my 6 months of year 11.
Thank you so much for the opportunity to go on exchange to Australia. I have loved every hard and amazing part of it!!
Regards,
Torri
Walking to school with my host sister, Chloe, on my first day on year 11 !!
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