Orientation was...not very orienting! We didn't do the whole go around the circle and say each others names until the third day, at which point we had all already learned each other's names, schools, hometowns, interests, etc! We spent a lot of time on the beach in our free time, including a midnight walk under the moon last night.

 One of my first and foremost goals on this trip was to learn how to learn how to surf. Lessons, for a group, is $45 AUS dollars! Amazingly, our academic director surprised us with free lessons today! Everyone miraculously managed to get up on the board, while 12 year olds who have been surfing their whole life whizzed in and out between all of us glubbing in the water.