Conservation Volunteers Australia (CVA)

On Friday Ian dropped my at the station and got me organised on the train, he gave me some home made cookies too which were great.
I found the CVA office easily as Judy had given me good directions and then I met 3 other volunteers - Ayami from Japan, Cory from Pennsylvania and Michael from AUstria. There are about 18 volunteers staying at the volunteer's house - mostly from Japan , so I now know how it feels to be in the minority from a language perspective. I'm the only 'grown up' too - average age is around 21.

There are 6 to a room, sleeping in bunks beds and everyone 'mucks in' to cook dinner, today was the first time in months since I've actually cooked anything.
It'll be slightly different when we go to the project on Monday as there'll only be 10 of us so much more room in the kitchen.

Saturday - Justin (good looking from York)picked us up at 7.45 to drive us to Noosa National Park - it was a 2 hour journey but nice as it was along the Sunshine coast.

We walked for an hour along the coastal hill path to Hells Gate point where we sat and ate our lunch and watched a few dolphins swimming off the coast. The coastal line, and sea are beautiful and there were lots of people riding the surf.

Came back to Hastings village and had an icecream (4$) and sat on the beach for an hour while Justing took his surfboard out for a spin.

Sunday today and have come into the city to update you all and have a wander round the sights of Brisbane.

We go to Hervey Bay on our project tomorrow and I'm hoping to be able to go to Fraser's island where apparently it's the best place to see whales.

Not sure when I'll get to the internet again, but will let you know how I get on.

Love Sue xx