Cassie and Casey's Visit!

Cassie and Casey finally arrived in Australia!!! I met them at the train station after their flight and then we took a bus back to the village. They just relaxed and then I showed them around the campus. While I went to class they went to the UniBar on campus for a little bit. Later, we did a little bit of grocery shopping and made our plans for the rest of their time here. They were both pretty tired and jet-lagged so they fell asleep and I went to the Retro Party that the UniBar had that night. On Saturday, we took a bus to Surfer’s Paradise and spent the day relaxing on the beach and walking through the city and downtown area. The next day we had tickets for an island cruise. We took a cruise to an island where they had beach volleyball, soccer, kayaks, parasailing, dancing, food, and drinks! There were even a few wallabies on the island and one jumped right near our towels as we were laying on them! On the cruise back we got to see the sun set over the ocean which was gorgeous.

Monday morning, Cassie, Casey, Sari, and I woke up early, rented a car, and made our way down to Byron Bay. Before we checked into our hostel we went to the beach, walked around the city, and rented surfboards for a few hours!! After that it was time to check into the hostel, which Cassie was verryyy nervous about. But the hostel was really clean and she had nothing to worry about. We all showered and got ready for Mexican Monday at Cheeky Monkeys. It was fun to go out and dance and have a few margaritas. Cassie and Casey also had their first Australian kebab from AbraKEBABra!! On Tuesday we woke up, checked out of the hostel, and spent a few more hours on the beach before leaving to go to Springbrook National Park. We drove up the mountains through narrow, windy roads to find gorgeous views and waterfalls. We also stopped in Numinbah Valley to see The Natural Bridge. We walked down below it to see another waterfall, glow worms in a cave, and plenty of bats flying right above us. We got back to the village that evening and went out to Surfer’s to celebrate Lauren’s birthday. Cassie and Casey left for the airport early Wednesday morning to catch their flight to Cairns!