Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

As promised, here are some photos from my trip to Thredbo (my favourite ski resort, about 6 hours south of Sydney). I need to give credit to my mum for some of these photos, as it would have been slightly challenging to take my SLR on the slopes with me. 

The beautiful sunrise on the way down

Super duper keen to hit the slopes

Will, cruising along on his board

The ski gang (minus mum who took the photo)

Out and about in the village

Having drinks at my favourite ski bar - The Denman

Will and George at dinner

                                              Mum and Dad on the slopes                                                                       Will and I going up the T-bar

More drinks at The Denman

I'm back

As the title suggests, I am back in good old Sydney (I've been back since Friday actually... please forgive my laziness and lack of blogging) and it feels great. Because now I have just under 3 weeks till India! I apologize in advance for the overload of photos you are about to receive, I got a little carried away and took far too many. Anyway, here are some of the photos from my many adventures out on the farm at Cowra.

Afternoon sun through through the clouds and trees

Sunset over the main paddock

                                           Bundy riding on the back of the ute                                                                     One of the various bonfires

Will and Kat having a dance in the paddock

                      Molly looking like a glamour-puss before the races                                                  The excitement after Kat's horse won

The six of us all dressed up for race day

Wandering over to the racecourse to place a bet

Me and my sexy man

Last race of the day (the only race I lost)

Tree climbing is always a big past time at Cowra...

...As is yabbying

Yuuum, dinner!!

This big fella was intrigued by my camera

                                            Peeling paint on the old shed                                                 The quickest way to get around the property

Scenes from the paddocks

Yet another cosy fire

There is nothing more satisfying than fishing your own dinner...so fresh!

The trip would not be complete without a visit to the cute lambs

I am already SO excited for next year. Stay tuned for photos from the snow.

And I'm on the road...

...to Cowra today! Finally! My holiday week has arrived folks - and I'm so excited. At midday Will and I are driving out to the farm with some friends (Tory, Molly, Katrina and Dom). It's going to be a big weekend :) I will try and pop in a quick post when I get back, before I leave for the snow the next day. I'm looking forward to taking lots of photos out there to show you all.
Here are some of my favourites from last year.

     

Just look around you

I came home from work this afternoon, absolutely exhausted. As I found myself feeling very bored and looking around, I realised how many interesting things there were I could snap up with my camera, so I did just that. Here are a few shots of things I found in my bordomness (new word I've invented).

Get the picture: Challenge

I'm linking up again today with Lauren from Outside Voice for Get the picture. This months theme is: 

Challenge

Being only 19 years old, I can't say I've faced too many difficult challenges in my life. The things which challenge me are:

- Getting out of bed in the morning

- Eating healthy

- Remembering to shower

But in all seriousness, I do have a big challenge ahead of me. I have very little teaching experience. I've previously had a casual job supervising young children at a school, and some dance teaching - but that's as far as it goes. And in 5 weeks times I will be thrown headfirst into a classroom full of small Indian children, who speak very little English, and am expected to teach them. I've been told to expect things like, the usual teacher leaving class for days on end instead of helping me, the children going from being extremely shy and quite, to outrageously loud and annoying in the first few days, the children only turning up when they feel like it or very, very late, and being extremely frustrated by the rate at which they learn. After hearing all this from people who have previously gone, I have decided to expect the worse, and hopefully they will turn out lovely. So anyway, my point is, it is going to be extremely challenging for me to keep the children entertained, teach them valuable things and basically keep them under control. So my goal is to have a classroom where the kids looks as attentive and interested as this:

Wish me luck.


Oh and looking at this picture, I just thought of another challenge. I will no doubt be using a chalk board over there (instead of a nice white board), which I hate. Chalkboards give me the creeps and I can't help thinking of someone dragging their fingernails down it *shudder*