This morning we had to say goodbye
to our wonderful hosts at Kroombit Station and are making our way to
Brisbane. Along the way, we stopped at
the Queensland Dairy and Heritage Museum.
The students learned about the importance of dairy farming in the early
development of Queensland. Our hosts at
the Museum had a fresh made lunch ready for us and showed the students how
butter is churned and got to sample the end product. We learned about early dairy farming from
milking cows to early equipment to take care of the fields, including the first
riding lawnmower. The museum also had
several historic houses brought onto the property to show visitors how the
early settlers lived.
After our tour of the museum, our
students sang our National Anthem to our hosts and they in turn sang the
Australian Anthem for us. It was a
pretty cool exchange.
Back onto the bus and we had our own
version of American Idol. Some of our students can SING!!! Forming
a new group - Future American Idols...Pic to follow probably tomorrow. We
all enjoyed singing on the coach for the ride into Brisbane.
Once in Brisbane, we took a coach
tour around the city just to get an overview. Once at the hotel, we had
supper which ended up being silly time. We all were laughing so hard -
and when we stopped we couldn't figure out why.
Bittersweet talks tonight with the
kids - knowing tomorrow is our last full day in Australia - but it will be a
good one learning to surf. The kids are looking forward to coming home,
but are still loving the adventure. I have to admit, the homesickness has
been minimal. We have all really lucked out with such a great group of
students.
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