Bush Dance, Beach, and Nature

Here are a few pictures from the last week in my life. The first few are from the Bush Dance we went to at Tullera Town Hall on Saturday night.

This is during the only dance we were sitting out on, is one way to think of it. It was very fun and Alabama-like, and at the end was a potluck dinner. One of the bigger special twists of the night was during a calming-down break, when the band played and sang "Erev Shel Shoshanim". Very strange and no explanation.
This is a picture of me and Margaret after the Bush Dance, with Michelle to the right and Judith, her homestay mom.
On Sunday, the program hosted a picnic for everyone and their homestay family at Wategos Beach, a beach just north of Byron Bay. It was an absolutely beautiful day and we played in the waves for many, many hours.

Below is a picture of the impending doom in Lismore on Monday.
And after the rain, from Margaret's house...

Last but not least, a picture from our field trip today to the Border Ranges National Park. This is Mt. Warning behind the little cloud, impending doom gray at the top, and the Caldera Ridge in the next picture.
So that is about it-- a photo-journey of last week...it was a good one. Tomorrow we have an all day Aboriginal world-view workshop in preparation for our Aboriginal camping trip next week. Friday we have school again, where me and the 3 other girls in Lismore are responsible for leading the 2-hour discussion, and our 1st ISP Proposal's are due... And then there's the last weekend at Margaret's (already??) and Monday morning it's off to the Bundjalung Aborigines until Thursday when we head back to Byron for a few nights. Most of my life for now, though, is filled with trying to organize and structure ISP- where to go, where to stay, what to do. .....gonna be great!