I'm Moving to Denmark (just kidding)

By Denmark, I mean Denmark, Western Australia - which is where I was the whole weekend. We (the CIEE group and I) left early Friday morning and got back to campus around 3 this afternoon. It was about a 5 hr drive, but we made stops along the way. One of the places we stopped was the Kodja Place Visitor and Interpretive Centre in Kojonup. We were lead on a tour of the centre by Jack which was....interesting. Jack was a really, really nice guy and very friendly but his tour was kinda weird. The center is mainly a history of aboriginals in the area, but the tour consisted of him saying "This is a spear. This is a truck. These are cakes," telling us random stories about Japanese tourists and not telling us the significance of anything. But he made us tea at the end and gave us bread so I guess that was cool. Then we arrived at The Cove, which would be our home for the weekend. Once we settled in there we headed to Green's Pool and Elephant Rock. I was dumb and left my camera at the cabin, so I've stolen some pictures from other people...

 The view from Elephant Rock

 Green's Pool (I'm in the middle)

Green's Pool

The water at Green's Pool was freezing, but it was definitely an experience. We saw a picture of what it looks like during the summer and it is absolutely gorgeous! After Green's Pool we headed to Wildlife Park, where we played with kangaroos!!! There were also sheep, camels, goats, alpacas, koalas, etc. but the kangaroos were definitely the best part, we even got to hold a baby kangaroo!! So cute! Of course, the one person that took the picture of me with the baby hasn't put pictures up yet so that will come later, but for nowww....

After the park, we headed back to The Cove, had dinner, relaxed, and went to sleep. The next day we woke up early (again) and went on a hike. We hiked (bushwalked...haha) over Monkey Rock  which is part of the Bibbulman Track that goes from Perth to Denmark. If you were to hike the whole thing it would take about 6 weeks, but our section only took about 4 hours. Illya, who owns the cabin we were staying in (and multiple others in The Cove), led us on the hike. I haven't gone a hike in years, but doing this reminded me how much I love it and definitely gave me the desire to go on more hikes when I get home. 

 View from Elephant Rock

 Another view from somewhere along the hike

The group at the highest point!

After the hike we headed back to the cabin, had some lunch, and begged Paul to let us take a nap. 4 hours of hiking is exhausting, but Paul refused and we headed to Walpole for a Tree Top Walk, which was also amazing. We were up about 120 ft in the air on a little walkway and were, literally, at the tops of trees. 

Pretty incredible, right? I wish I had more to say about it, but it's really one of those things you need to experience. It takes your breath away.  After the Tree Top Walk we headed back to the cabin once again, had dinner, and passed out. This morning we woke up and headed home. We were welcomed back to campus with a carnival at the Student Village for all the students living on campus. Pretty fun  - free food, bull riding, sumo wrestling, and all that jazz. After that we walked around campus and found our classes. And, once again, Murdoch is BIG and super confusing, but we figured it out. Classes start for everyone tomorrow, but I have the day off because I don't have any Monday classes (yay!) but I'll be going to Kmart (again), getting lunch with some people, and going on a run. Should be a nice, relaxing day. 

Off to organize my assignment book (I'm a nerd). 

xxx