Back in Perth

Hey

I'm back in Perth. We're heading north tomorrow with an other girl from Switzerland, so there's gonna be three persons in our camper van.
I'm looking very much froward to meet Maenu in Exmouth, hope he can prepare himself for this extreme journey and I don't know if he is aware of the time he will spend in planes, at airports, in buses...
Southwestern Australia is a great spot which I'll never forget. Especially the Stirling Range National Park with its highest mountain called "Bluff Knoll" was an awesome experience! The vast landscape is just unbelievable!
I'm a bit tired at the moment, I had to drive home ten people last night, driving thorough Perth at 5.00am...it took us more than an hour to bring them home!

Hope there's everything OK in CH

Greetings Sam

Roadtrip

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On Monday, 19th March, I'm going south with Fabian, Faeldi, Imfeld, a colleague from school. We intended to depart tomorrow, 18th, but Faeldi was in hospital yesterday. He had an ear infection as a result of our diving course.
We bought a camper van last week which was originally built for 18 persons so it is quite big and comfortable. I hope we won't have any breakdowns but in the end it's all a matter of relativity.

Hope you are all well
See you soon

Sam

Family life

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here are some pics of my host family: Brendan(17), Bronagh(15) and mother Dympna Brbich have been my host family for eleven weeks.

Diving Course on Rotto

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I've just finished my "Padi Open Water Diving Course" on Rottnest Island! I'm now an Open Water Diver with certification and therefore allowed to go diving on my own. There must be awesome diving sites at Ningaloo Reef and Byron Bay and I'm looking forward to diving there.

Pictures will follow, my colleague Lukas has taken some underwater pics: Stingrays(yes, those creatures which killed Steve Irwin!) lobsters, blow fishes(they can blow their body up when feeling stress) and a lot more. To sum up, it was a great experience!

Surfweekend in Lancelin

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we had our surf trip in Lancelin last weekend. We managed to stand on our surfboard on the first day, we made a remarkable progress after just one hour in water. However, it was quite exhausting to get on your board with a so called "jump-up" for five/six hours a day. In the evening we were all sunburned.

I had an appointment with a doctor yesterday, the outcome was that I'm nearly deaf(audiogram: abnormal) but it should be OK to go scuba diving.

I've just had my speaking exam. It was terrible and I hope I will finally pass it!

Greetings and all the best
Sam

Pics

A few more impressions, especially for Timur:-)

Who knows that bloke on the last picture? Yes, it's Hagi(Philip Hagenbucher), former student at the Gymnasium Burgdorf! He studies at Phoenix Academy as well but Marina should know that too...

Australia Day 07

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last weekend, 26. January, the Australian celebrated their national day, so called "Australian Day." We were watching the 1.5 million dollar firework on the Swan River and it was absolutely worth watching!

We often have BBQ on the beach, we prefer this kind of weekend party because a beer costs about eight dollars in a bar... By the way, kangaroo meat is delicious! My host family was concerned about how on earth I could eat their national symbol on Australia Day! I didn't have a bad conscience in spite of the fact my host family has never eaten some...

Have a nice time

Greetings
Sam