WEEK 5

Dust Storm in Brissy (Brisbane) (9/23)

University of Queensland: UQ Lakes before Dust Storm

The UQ Lakes during the dust storm

this was the first time in over a decade

that Brisbane has seen a dust storm this bad

View from the Library

Brisbane National Park (9/24)

Paddymellon!

This wallaby was my best friend! It really liked liking my hand haha.

Platypus!!!

Those buggers are FAST!

Pat and Mr. Wallaby

seems like Mr. Wally saw past Pat's disguise

(9/25) Mooloolaba-Sunshine Coast:

Weekend Getaway 1

Tired from all the fun :)

Mooloolaba was my first weekend trip and I LOVED it! I really just wanted to live at the hostel the rest of my life!! The best part was that the beach was a 2 min walk down the block! Mooloolaba was a great place (not too touristy), convenient and not too expensive.

Week 4

Binna Burra at Lamington National Park

5 days in a beautiful rainforest

consisted of subtropical and temperate rainforests, wet sclerophyll forests, dry sclerophyll forests and heathland!

day 1-5k hike

day 2-17k hike

red bellied black snake

the 11th most poisonous snake in the world :)

Buttressing:

a survival adaptation of the Black Booyong tree

day 3-flying foxx!

a skink-y lizard (haha)

working hard

looking at canopy percent cover through a birdhouse

haha-it was really a box with a mirror

now thats real science ;)

day 4-12k hike

Sunrise!

Base of a LARGE tree trunk :)

Strangler Fig

taking over a poor tree

the call of the Cat Bird!

these crazy birds sounded like a baby was crying

or a cat was being strangled every 5 min!

day 5- a super intense scavenger hunt

Shannon and me

CRAZY waterfall @ Natural Bridge

(where we saw tons of glow worms!)

Half group photo

I had soo much fun at Lamington. By far my favorite academic trip that we have taken, but there's still more trips to come!