House boat

Cheryl and Greg invited me for a 4 and a half day lasting trip on a house boat along Tweeds River. We went on Board of that wonderful, huge, 2 leveled boat on monday morning, and started our trip together with Troy, Philipp and an older couple, who are friends of Greg and Cheryl.

Already after half an hour a group of six dolphins crossed our way and came so close to us, wonderful and amazing on that sunny beautiful day, coming along with this paradise looking river besided by palms abd other tropical trees.

In the evening we stopped on a spot, and started to put down the mudcrabs pods. After coming back on the house boat we started to fish as well and had a wonderful barbie this night. Anyway we had a BBQ every morning and evening.

Unfortunately we had no luck with our fishing. Wether we caught fishes with our fishing rods, or with our pods. That's really unusual at this river. Alright, we caught a small fish, maybe about 1 kg and two small crabs, which we had to release though as they were too young yet.

All in all we had wonderful 4 days, were on beautiful spots, went fishing, played poker, were allowed to gp out with the little second boat when ever we wanted to, jumped from the houseboat (about 3 m) into the river, looked for prawns in the total mud, watched movies, relaxed and ate a lot of cookies and muffins. The weather was 50% sunny and 50% cloudy. We had rain only this one morning, but that was not even that bad. Something like that is so relaxing and the places we came along were just bloody beautiful!

School's out!

Because I go on a house boat trip during shut down, the last week before the holidays with all important exams, I had three tests on friday. Easily done after three hours, I went home. Happy and excited looking forward to 9 weeks of holiday! YES!! x

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Weil ich ja wahrend des Shutdowns, der letzten Woche vor den Ferien mit allen wichtigen Examen, auf einem Hausboottrip bin, habe ich drei Arbeiten an diesem Freitag.

Gemacht mit links, gings nach Hause, geil drauf und aufgeregt auf 9 Wochen Ferien! JA!! x

Turtle

When we had went surfing today during PE lesson the life saver caught a turtle out of the shore! Pretty huge one. I think he said she doesn't get away on her own anymore, so he put her in a wet towel.

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Also wir heute während der PE-Lesson surfen waren hat der Lifesaver eine Schildkröte aus dem flachen Meer geholt. 'Ne ziemlich grosse sogar. Ich bin der Meinung, dass er gesagt hatte, dass sie es nicht mehr selber schafft rauszukommen, also hat er sie erstmal in ein feuchtes Handtuch gepackt.

Exams

Cause I'm on a houseboat trip during the shutdown, I have got 4 exams till friday. Today I had physical education, friday I will have english, maths and marine studies. Luckily I don't have to make my salad as an exam for hospitality. Too easy though.

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Weil ich ja auf einem Hausboottrip bin während des Shutdowns, habe ich bis Freitag vier Examen. Heute hatte ich schon Physical Education, Freitag schreib ich noch Englisch, Mathe und Marine Studies. Glücklicherweise muss ich meinen Salat als Examen für Hospitality nicht machen. Trotzallem so sau einfach.

120 Metres Freefall

On saturday we went to Dreamworld again. My friends really pushed me do the "Tower of Terror II" and the "Giant Drop", although I really didn't want to hahaha. The first thing is a rollercoaster what shoots you out a pipe backwards with 160 km/h, goes up to 80 Metres in a 90° angle, let ya face the ground and goes back into the pipe. The second one is a freefall-tower, what takes you up to 120 Metres, lets you stay up there for 40 seconds, and drops you into a 4 seconds freefall. You feel so awesome afterwards, the feeling is great!! But I nearly died in the line before the ride hahahaha

Thanks guys and girls for pushing me into this rides!!

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Samstag sind wir wieder einmal nach Dreamworld gegangen. Meine Freunde haben mich dazu gekriegt die Rides "Tower of Terror II" und "Giant Drops" zu machen, obwohl ich echt nicht wollte hahaha. Ersteres ist eine Achterbahn, die einen rückwärtes mit 160 km/h aus einer Röhre einen 80 Meter hohen Turm in einen Winkel von 90° raufschiesst und einen dann den Boden anschauend zurück in die Röhre fährt. Zweiteres ist ein Freefall-Tower, der einen in 120 Metern Höhe zieht, ihn dort 40 Sekunden lässt um ihn anschliessend in einen viersekündigen freien Fall zu lassen. Man fühlt sich unbeschreiblich hinterher, das Gefühl ist grossartig!! Aber ich wäre ja fast gestorben in der Schlange vor dem Ride hahahahah

Danke Jungs und Mädels, für's pushen um in diese scheiss Teile zu gehen!!

Infinity

It seems we are just not ment to visit the laser show. On friday night we came one minute after it closed, and on saturday we tried it again, were there one hour earlier, but it was still to late. The next time we try to be there at 8!

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Sieht fast so aus, als sollten wir einfach nicht die Lasershow sehen. Freitagnacht sind wir eine Minute nach Geschäftszeiten angekommen, Samstag haben wir es noch mal probiert, waren eine Stunde eher da, aber die meinten, es ist immer noch zu spät. Nächstes mal sind wir da um 8!

Insects!!

Oh man... That's what Australia is famous for! Once I sat on the Computer and heard a random noise above my head... I looked up and saw a huuuuuge cockroach walking around the ceiling! I nearly felt off my chair but I needed to be quiet because my hostfamily was already asleep. So I did not know what to do, because I didn't find the spray. Finally, after minutes of fear it flew out. Did ya know those bastards can fly? I did not!!

An other evening Jeremy went to bed. After a while you heard him calling her mother, so Gina came into the room and suddenly there was a big scream! Chris and me, sitting on the couch, looked each other and he decided to look what happened. Apparently, he did not help haha, as he is really scared of those animals. So I came into the room, asked "What's the matter?" and got responded "Look behind you!". I turned around, were shocked and scared and saw the biggest spider I've ever seen in my life. It was a huntsman, not poisonous luckily but as big as my hand though. Scared, we all tried to catch this creature for at least 15 minutes, as Gina didn't want to kill it. At the end we caught her and put it to the neighbours haha.

Yesterday night I was thirsty, went to the kitchen, turned on the light and nearly dropped my bottle. There was a cockroach right in front of me, one in the other corner, one on the ceiling and one on the window. Superfluously there was even a gecko in the corner up on the ceiling staring on me... That was way too much for me. So I just turned off the light and went to bed haha

Jackass 3D

Just saw the funniest shit ever hahahaha!!!

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Habe gerade den witzigsten Shit ever gesehen hahahhahaha!!!

Good Money

Phil and me helped his hostbrother in his garden on this sunny hot day today. I did not feel that fit this morning but it was good fun though. Earned 80$!! Sweet as!

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Phil und ich haben an diesem heissem, sonnigen Tag seinem Gastbruder im Garten gehofen. Hatte mich an diesem Morgen zwar nicht soo ganz fit gefühlt, hat aber trotzdem ganz gut Spass gemacht. Habe 80$ verdient!! Geile Sache!

Rock jumping!

Today, on Sinan's 16th birthday, we went to the beach in the early midday, jumped in his pool afterwards and after that his hostfather had the idea of driving to the Lemington National Park to jump from a 5m high rock into the creek, what is pretty famous there. The Lemington Park is a rainforest area 20 minutes in the Hinterland of Gold Coast. Arrived there we walked 5 minutes to the creek, climbed up the rock and jumped in! The fresh water is incredible cold, so it was a big refreshment on this 30º Celsius hot day, although it was a little bit colder in the forest.It was a great fun, mate!

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Heute, an Sinan's 16ten Geburtstag sind wiram fruehen Mittag ersteinmal an den Strand gefahren, sind dann in seinen Pool gesprungen und hinterher hatte sein Gastvater noch die Idee in den Lemington Nationalpark zu fahren, um von e

inem 5 Meter hohen Felsen in einen kleinen See zu springen, was dort ziemlich beruehmt ist. Der Lemington Park ist ein Regenwald Areal 20 Minuten Richtung Hinterland von Gold Coast. Dort angekommen, sind wir 5 Minuten zum Creek gelaufen, den Felsen hinauf geklettert und gesprungen! Das Frischwasser ist unglaublich kalt un

d daher eine absolute Erfrischung an diesem 30º Celsius heissem Tag, obwohl es schon ein bisschen kuehler war im Wald.

Hat auf jeden Fall Sauspass gemacht, alter!

Going out again!!

Finally i got a family, what goes out!!! I missed it so much in the last host family to go to restaurants. I went already 2 times with my new one. Great!

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Endlich habe ich mal wieder eine Familie, die ausgeht!!! Ich habe es ja so sehr vermisst in meiner alten Gastfamilie mal in Restaurants zu gehen. Seit ich in meiner neuen bin, waren wir schon 2 mal. Geil!

Bayron Bay

This sunday we did a trip to Bayron Bay. My hostfamily and me started at about 8 o'clock in southern direction. Arrived in Bayron Bay we hadto change our watches as this town, although just one hour away, has got an other time zone! The weather was cloudy but it was still very warm. First we went to the light house on top of a hill and did a walk around the rocks, from where we could see whales and lots of dolphins. It is amazing to just take a look around the area and you see so great animals, you would never ever find in germany!!

After that we went down to the main street to h

ave some lunch and my hostparents drank a beer and a champaign. We sad next to the beach a

nd then we drove in direction to Broadwick Heads. Arrived in this tiny village with a big and beautiful river system, we hired a boat and dorve around for one hour. It was good to see some of the subtropical rainforest in this area. Jeremy jumped into the water, and Buddy the dog barked at him because he was jealous that he could not go hahaha. We came back at 4pm of Brisbane time and I met some friends at the beac

h yet. Love it!!!

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Wir haben diesen Sonntag einen Ausflugnach Bayron Bay gemacht. Meine Gastfamilie und ich sind um etwa 8 Uhr morgens in Richtung Sueden aufgebrochen. In Bayron Bay angekommen, mussten wir erstmal unsere Uhren umstellen, da es, trotz einer nur einstuendigen Fahrt, eine andere Zeitzone hat! Das Wetter war zwar bewoelkt, aber trotzdem sehr warm. Ersteinmal sind wir zum Leuchtturm gegangen, der auf sich auf einem Huegel befindet, wo wir auch den Felsen entlang gegangen sind, von wo aus wir Delphine und Wale beobachten konnten. Es ist krass, einfach um sich zu schauen und Tier

e zu sehen, die man in Deutschland niemals finden wuerden!!

Anschliessend sind wir zur Hauptstrasse gefahren, um etwas Mittag zu essen und meine Gasteltern ein Bier und Champagner trinken wollten. Wir haben hinter dem Strand gesessen, und danach sind wir in Richtung Broadwick Heads gefahren.

Angekommen in diesem suessen kleinem Oertchen mit wunderschoenem Flusssystem, haben wir uns ein Boot gemietet fuer eine Stunde und

sind dem Fluss entlang gefahren. Es war ziemlich cool ein bisschen was vom subtropischen Regenwald zu sehen in diesem Gebiet. Jeremy ist ins Wasser gehuepft, und Buddy, der Hund, hat soo laut gebellt, weil er eifersuechtig war, dass e

r nicht hinterher durfte hahahah. Wir sind ca. um 16 Uhr Brisbaner Zeit zurueckgekehrt und ich habe noch ein paar Freunde am Strand getroffen. Liebe es!!

Awesome!!

This family is just awesome!! Gina, my hostmum is so good to me. She cares a lot and she makes me feel so comfortable and home here. Jeremy, my hostbrother is so happy to have a brother now, after they had so many girls! :P He is totally already used to me and so am I to him. We have got already kinda brother-relationship. Isabella my hostsiter is only 3 months older than me, so we are on one page. She seems cool and funny. Unfortunately she lives half the time at her father's house. Chris is the stepfather of both, and I think, as more as he sees you got similar opionions as him, you can become his best friend.I love it that they love to go out in pubs as well as my family and I do it. So we do things together, talk and have much fun. I am so happy tha

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I found this family in this wonderful house!!

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Diese Familie ist einfach toll!! Gina, meine Gastmom , ist so gut zu mir. Sie kuemmert sich so sehr um mich und laesst mich einfach hier wie zuhause und wohl fuehlen. Jeremy ist froh, endlich auch mal einen Bruder zu haben, nach all den Maedchen! :P Er hat sich schon an mich gewoehnt, und ich mich auch an ihn. Wir haben schon so eine Art bruederliche Beziehung. Meine Gastschwester Isabella ist nur 3 Monate aelter als ich, also verstehen wir uns super! Sie scheint wirklich ganz cool und witzig zu sein. Leider le

bt sie zur Haelfte bei ihrem Vater. Chris ist der Stiefvater von b

eiden, und ich glaube, je mehr er merkt, dass ich aehnliche Ansichten habe wie er, desto mehr wird er ein guter Freund.

Ich finde es so toll, dass sie es auch moegen auszugehen, zB in Pubs, wie meine Familie und ich es auch moegen. Heisst, wir machen Dinge zusammen, reden u

nd haben viel Spass. Ich bin e

cht froh, diese Familie in diesem geilen Haus gefunden zu haben.