The End of Semester 2

Sadly time as always flew by and it wasn't long before my last semester in Australia drew to an end. As always plenty of stuff was going on during this time.

Study this semester was a little different, owing to the fact that Adelaide Uni altered the structure of modules so we had almost twiced as much work to do! I ended up having an exam, an essay, museum project and a hell of a lot of reading to do all in one week! And the odules weren't structured very well either. I think the university got plenty of complaints about the changes, including some from me!

Lots of fun things were going on to. My house was as crazy as ever, with people always being round and us having a laugh. I'd certainly found a great house with some great friends to add to my list of friends from last semester.

Sadly the last Jeffcott Party I went to was stopped really early by the police. I only remembered small parts of the night as I was completely drunk! Some of our friends hosted a Masterchef themed party, and everyone went dressed as their favourite judge, so naturally most of us went with overhanging guts and cravats on!

As the weather got colder, and people started leaving for travels, it soon became clear that the year was drawing to end, so I attended several 'last' meals, parties and stuff, and kept saying goodbye to people over and over again.

Once all the exams and essays were over, I went on my last bit of travelling for a couple of weeks before heading home.

Barossa Valley 28th May

So I finally ended up going to one of Australia's premier wine regions. I went on a tour with Anders, Maja, Sofia, Kevin and Hanna through this beautiful area of SA, only a hour or so drive from Adelaide.

We visited four wineries, including Wolf Blass, one of the biggest wineries in Australia, where we tried wine worth about $250 a bottle! Vine Crest was probably the best winery, as it was small and understated, with some fantastic wines on offer.

We also visited the LARGEST ROCKING HORSE IN THE WORLD! Which really was huge, thew size of a large house! And also a rather famous tree, where one of SA's pioneering German immigrants and his family lived before they could afford an actual house. After a slap up lunch, we finished the day at thew Whispering Wall; a dam with interesting acoust properties. You could talk to people a good couple of hundred metres away as if they were right next to you.

Another great outing had by all.