So then the next day we all hopped on a coach bus with this crazy driver to Featherdale Wildlife park and actually got to play around with some baby kangaroos! It was honestly the CUTEST thing I’ve ever seen in my life. We also went to the Blue Mountains (about 2 hours outside of Sydney) and saw some cool views and hiked a little, but I don’t think we nearly had enough time there. Luckily though, for one of my classes I’m going on a three day camping trip there so I’ll get to go back! 

So O-week was also an experience. We started it off with an international student orientation where they just went through some really boring stuff, and then we learned how to schedule our classes and set up our “timetables.” First of all, we have no control over them at all. Second of all, if we want to change it or drop/add a class, we have to go through an unbelievably large amount of steps and talk to 20 different people and hope that it all works out for the best. We’re honestly completely on our own here and thankfully, my schedule worked out that I only have one lecture on Thursday and no classes on Friday so that’s great. Then, we walked around and explored all of the clubs and societies that Univeristy of Sydney had to offer. In order to join a club, you have to first purchase a $70 Access Card, and then when you actually join, you normally have to pay a small fee for the actual club as well. To join a sports team, you have to first buy a $50 Sport Membership card and then the additional fee to join the sport as well. Everything here just costs SO MUCH MONEY. However, the variety to pick from here is absolutely amazing. You can find anything for everyone and in a way, this kind of reminds me of Penn State. 

Anyway, this is getting kind of long so I’ll leave it here for now. Next time I’ll talk about my actual classes and what all of that is like!