Weekend Explorations...

Sunday began, as it should, with going to church. Tina helped me find a Catholic Church here in town and Kelly asked if she could come with. We attended St. Eugene of Mazenod and were overjoyed to find that they sang MANY of the same songs as we do in our Catholic Churches. After church, Tina and Trevor told me that they were going to take me for a drive. Along our way we stopped beside a pineapple Field and Trevor explained to me just how a pineapple grows on this peculiar plant. We continued by driving into the Blackall Mountains. We stopped at a place at which we could walk through a rainforest on the side of one of the Mountains. Tina and Trevor did a wonderful job of enlightening me with different bird species, tree species and animal species we either saw or heard along the way. From there we drove a little further up the Mountain to the small and charming community of Maleny where we walked around a bit before deciding to eat at The Old Bank Cafe. After that we checked out a few more shops, and found a secondhand bookstore at which I talked up "Out of the Dust" and Tina ended up buying it to explore American history a bit, and I purchased another Dear America book that I don't think I have. After checking out a few more shops and peeking in others, we left Maleny and began our trip down the Mountain. We stopped at a quaint coffee shop along the way, where they both enjoyed a cup of coffee (I just had water). I was so exhausted that I fell asleep for practically the entire trip home. When we got home I spent much of the evening preparing lesson plans for the upcoming week. Miss Wright has asked that I teach Maths (yes, they call it Maths, this is not a typo) for the whole first week and we will add on from there.

Weekend Explorations...

Maleny, Australia