Good Morning!
What a week! Monday kicked off with an "orientation"- a scavenger hunt around the Gold Coast! On Sunday, we received notice to wear clothes that can get dirty, walking shoes, to bring a swim suit and a packed lunch, and to be ready to be picked up by 9am. We spent the entire day, from 9am- 4pm, running around the Gold Coast, going from clue to clue, until we reached the "Ainsley House" (the boys' house) where we went swimming and had a barbecue set up for us. They had us doing crazy things! We were split up into three teams.
Our first challenge was a water bucket relay (which my team won!) where we had to relay buckets of water to fill up a tub. The clue brought us to a shopping plaza where we received a list of 10 things to find in that mall. Once we got all the answers right, we got a clue that directed us back to the base (about a mile walk) where we had to make these Australian desserts from a given recipe.
The next clue told us to get on a bus to Surfer's Paradise (the downtown beach area) where we had to find Kerstin (one of the staff leaders) who gave us a list of 20 questions to ask random Australians. The questions included things like Australian pop culture, history, animals, and for the last question, we had to find someone to sing the Australian National Anthem, in which we had to write down and recite back to Kerstin in order to get the next clue. Once accomplished, our next task was for each team member to make and eat a vegimite sandwich. They were so gross! Our team actually opted to take a 10 minute penalty rather than suffering through the entire sandwich, I just couldn't do it.
Next, we had to find Daniel (another staff leader) at a McDonald's by the beach who gave us a list of landmarks to find in Surfer's Paradise. We had to take a picture of each landmark while wearing an Australian hat (looked like a cowboy hat), holding an Australian flag, with red, white, and blue paint on our faces. Hilarious, right?
Once our list was complete, a staff member drove us back to the base where we had another challenge ahead of us- the best one yet. I see a slip and slide with a bowl of jello at the end of it. "What in the world??" I wondered to myself. Our task was for each team member to slide down the slip and slide and put our faces into the bowl of jello to find hidden puzzle pieces that we had to pull out with our teeth! The puzzle constructed a map that led us to the Ainsley house. It was a riot. We all had such a blast.
Looking forward to classes starting tomorrow!
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