Driving around the bush...

I spent the weekend in Batemans Bay with Thomas and my hostmum...

Oh god I wish I knew when I got so badass.. can you see the fear on my face?

Straight chillin with some natives


Lunch time!

Alright, I'm going to miss him. A lot.



"Hey Brie, listen! You can hear the ocean!"
"Do you reckon that's because we're next to the ocean?"
"... NO!"

The New Parliament House

Inside the Parliament House.. this is where the House of Representatives meets


Inside the Australian Royal Mint


Our 'family portrait' on Cathi's last night

Cathi is the only other person I've ever met who can touch their tongue to their nose!!

My host father went to an Aboriginal community on the coast of New South Wales to do some photography of the kids there, and I got to tag along. It was really pretty there.. I didn't take too many pictures or get any good ones really though.

A cave on the beach

This was super pretty and much greener in person

These wild kangaroos let us get SO close to them. This one has a joey in her pouch!

Funniest dog ever. He waddled so much when he walked.





There were 2 or 3 whales swimming right off the coast, maybe 500 meters from where we were standing!

New haircutttt

I stole some other people's pictures from the sailing trip...

Our boat!

I swear this photo was not as forced as it looks

So disgusting.. this is what happens when you swim in salt water for four days and don't shower. But this is me standing on my bed. We had this huge hatch right above the bed!

Getting ready to get dropped off to go snorkeling! This was the day we were 70km or so out and that water is at least 40meters deep.

On our way the next day (I'm 2nd from the back on the left side).. this is where we saw the sea turtle! I still can't get over how blue the water is =) Unfortunately, these are the only pictures I have of us in our wetsuits.

Up in the mountains, literally in the middle of NOWHERE


Kangaroos just hanging out on the side of the road.



This thing is HUGE!


Look what I found! I got some really weird looks for taking this picture.


How precious

The work of the budding photographer from the backseat

Some more skydiving pictures, mostly because it makes me feel so badass whenever I think about it. Sorry they're kind of out of order, but I think you can figure it out.