I went back to Australia at the end of July and I came back to Japan few weeks ago. While I was staying Australia,what I usually did was just relax.Most of my friends are student or have their children,so they were quite busy. This was a bit different from when I lived there. We used to have BBQ or take a trip almost all day. I felt a little bit sad that everything is changing,but at least I guess my parents must have been happy. I always go out for some reason,hang around with my friends, go for drink and so on, though in this summer vacation I spent a lot of time with my family.
The most memorable event was what my family and one of my best friend went to Fraser Island. It took around 6 hours to go there from where we live,Brisbane. We borrowed 4WD and drove and drove and drove..... Fraser Island is registered as a World Heritage Site. It is the biggest Island made by only sand. I have been there once,but my family and my friend have never been there. I told them that there were nothing but sand,though they were crazy to go there so we went. However,as I told them there were nothing on the Island. There was no super market or alcohol shop, and we even could not get a cell phone signal. All we could do was explore the Island and lie on the beach. The sunset and night view was amazingly beautiful,since there wan no shopping center or anything,there were no light and this let the view more romantic. Also,we walked around tropical forest. The sing of bird or cold temperature was really comfortable. The centre of the forest, there was a lake called Mackenzie.This is quite big,and the color change by the angle of the sun or depth of the lake. I believe that there was no more beautiful lake than this lake. My mother was nearly crying when she saw the lake,because it was extraordinaly beautiful.
After this trip,we were hooked on the Island trip.That's why we visited a lot of Island most of weekend. Morton Island, Hamilton Island..... This time we could not swim on the Fraser Island,because of shark,or I could not walk by my self because of the dog ,called dingo which eat people, but I loved it. I hope I can go to Fraser Island in the near future.
The date I had to leave Australia came much sooner than I expected.Even though I had the greatest time with my family and friends and there is no more anything what I wanted something else,to say good bye to them was very hard for me. Of course,there are other important friends in Japan as well,but (or I can say "so") I always have mixed mind. I hope I can do my best in 2nd semester not to regret my decision to come to this University.
