Whew! I cannot believe that the trip is over! Tomorrow night we are having our farewell dinner at a nearby restaurant where we will reminisce about the trip and say our goodbyes. Then the day after I am getting on a plain and flying to Auckland, New Zealand.
Lamington Plateau was beautiful and the week that we spent there camping was fantastic. There is not much to say about it, we camped in safari style tents and did heaps of science. We were once again fed fantastic food. The trend throughout the trip is that the food gets better and better the farther we get from civilization. After we packed up camp, we got on our second to last bus ride and drove to our retreat in the Glasshouse Mountains, which is just north of Brisbane. The eco lodge that we stayed at was really nice and such a treat after a week of camping. The kitchen and dining room was a converted train car and some of us stayed in a converted church that the owner of the lodge brought from a nearby town. I had my own room and my own bathroom. While we were there we took our last test, hung out a lot and on Monday night we had a full Seder. Andy printed out a short Hagaddah and we used it to lead the Seder, it was a lot of fun.
In New Zealand I am going to be traveling with five other friends from the trip. We are going to spend three days on the North Island and then we are flying into Christchurch on the South Island. Once we land we are going to rent two vans and then spend 11 days driving through the South Island. The vans have beds and small kitchen spaces in them so all six of us are going to be living in the vans for 11 days. Christchurch is still in really bad shape because of the earthquake so we won’t be spending much time their but the rest of the south island is absolutely gorgeous. I am sure that we will see a lot of amazing nature and do a lot of hiking. I also think the plan is to go sea kayaking and see the Fiordlands.
Ps. Also the South Island is where the Lord of the Rings was filmed, just in case you don't already know...
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