This is a view of the ocean at Port Elliot. We stopped by here on the way back to Adelaide. The water was beautiful!
This is me at Port Elliot by a crazy looking plant. It looked kinda like an aloe vera plant on steroids or something. They were everywhere!
This is Justin at Port Elliot on a rock.
This is one of the beaches at Victor Harbour where Schoolies was held.
Yet another Yaris car hire! This has been our 5th one in Australia!
Justin by the caravan we stayed in. We stayed with our friends Rowan and Nyoli's grandparents. They didn't have an extra room for us, so we got the caravan!
Yet another Yaris car hire! This has been our 5th one in Australia!
At Schoolies! This is Sarah, Saturday night was pirate night so she was being like a pirate. I wasn't! We were at the water tent handing out water to all the drunk kids!
This is Justin manning the line to get into the "Big Tent" which was essentially just a giant dance party. It was crazy and kids were trying to jump the fence to get in and everything. I manned the line for a bit, but I wasn't too good and telling people to get back over the fence and go to the end of the line.
This is Justin manning the line to get into the "Big Tent" which was essentially just a giant dance party. It was crazy and kids were trying to jump the fence to get in and everything. I manned the line for a bit, but I wasn't too good and telling people to get back over the fence and go to the end of the line.
This is us at Deep Creek Conservation Park. We stopped here on Saturday before we had to volunteer. It was cold and windy! Oh, and you can see Justin's mustache he is growing for Movember. Mo is a mustache. Movember raises awareness for prostate cancer.
Deep Creek Conservation Park
So this weekend was Schoolies! We had no idea what to expect. Just to review, Schoolies is held at Victor Harbour (about 2 hours south on the coast) and all year 12 students come to party, have fun, and celebrate the end of school. Kinda like spring break. We had about 10,000 kids come down. We worked with an organization called Encounter Youth through our church to help volunteer. We had like 400 volunteers from churches around Adelaide plus police, ambulances, security, and more. Our job as volunteers was to hand out water and manage the line up of kids getting into the "Big Tent". I had a great time! It was fun getting to talk with the kids and just watch the chaos that was going on around me. I would suspect about 90% of the kids were completely drunk. Everyone was there to have a good time. The volunteers helped the kids stay entertained and somewhat orderly. The kids really appreciated us and would always say thanks for helping out. I would totally do it again next year, if I were here. The hours were long, from about 8:00 pm-2:00 pm (and we had the early shift!), but so worth it!
Deep Creek Conservation Park
So this weekend was Schoolies! We had no idea what to expect. Just to review, Schoolies is held at Victor Harbour (about 2 hours south on the coast) and all year 12 students come to party, have fun, and celebrate the end of school. Kinda like spring break. We had about 10,000 kids come down. We worked with an organization called Encounter Youth through our church to help volunteer. We had like 400 volunteers from churches around Adelaide plus police, ambulances, security, and more. Our job as volunteers was to hand out water and manage the line up of kids getting into the "Big Tent". I had a great time! It was fun getting to talk with the kids and just watch the chaos that was going on around me. I would suspect about 90% of the kids were completely drunk. Everyone was there to have a good time. The volunteers helped the kids stay entertained and somewhat orderly. The kids really appreciated us and would always say thanks for helping out. I would totally do it again next year, if I were here. The hours were long, from about 8:00 pm-2:00 pm (and we had the early shift!), but so worth it!
On Tuesday we are going to have our Thanksgiving dinner with our bible study group. I will post some pictures for everyone. This weekend is pretty relaxed with not much going on. I think we might go to the Cricket on Sunday. There is a test between Australia and New Zealand and they are playing in Adelaide. Happy Thanksgiving! We miss you all!!
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Spring Break Aussie style...you guys are having too much fun :)
We are tying to get the full Aussie experience!
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