The Coast

The students are busy with exams and starting to head home for their midyear break, so our team took a little trip down to the coast. We stayed in Valla Beach which is near Coffs Harbor. One of our Aussie friends, Ben, had a couple of friends who had houses next door to each other that we could stay in. We went down on tuesday and stopped to see some sights along the way. The first place we went to was the Dorrigo Rain Forest! It was beautiful, but a bit rainy.



Once we got to Valla Beach we decided to walk down and see the water, about half way there it started to sprinkle and then poured and we got completely soaked. The next day it was sunny and warm and we went into Coffs Harbor. We stopped at the tourist sight..."The Big Banana" for a few photos and then went down to the jetty (which is basically a long pier) and some of the team members did as the locals do, and jumped off the jetty into the water.

The next morning we drove down to the beach and hung out for a little while before we had to head back to wintery Armidale. It was a great trip and a great chance to hang out as a team, plus 3 Aussies (Ben, Tim and Jess).

We only have a few more days left in Armidale, and tuesday night we take a greyhound bus back to Brisbane. Then we fly back to the states on Friday. Its hard to believe that its almost time to leave. I can't imagine leaving this place and all the amazing people we have met.