One day to go, until classes start!
It’s Labour Day, in New South Wales, today. But it’s also YWAM’s second day of the weekend. As part of the public holiday, a few of us (all leaders, except me) – Becca, Brooke, and Danny, went and checked out Fort Scratchely, which was a fort created originally to defend Australia from the concept of Russian invasion in the late 1800s, during the Crimean War. It was then used to defend Australia during World War Two, firing cannons on the Japanese when they came down our coastline.
The entrance fee was also reduced to $5, from $12, so we got to check out the tunnels and explore the cottages and servant quarters, which has been set up as a museum, which was a fantastic history lesson well learnt. I’m hoping to, when I work out how, to include a map of the area, and basic history lesson of the fort.
There was also an art exhibition of photography and sculptures on display, as a part of the Mattara Festival. This festival is an annual event celebrating life in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley, denoting the matarra (the Awabakal Aboriginal word for hand) of friendship, offered to visitors to Newcastle and locals.
Today also entailed with unpacking all my stuff, as our room’s fourth resident, Carina, had arrived from Austria, and we could allocate whose belongings could go into the space that was available. A few of us also played Articulate and let’s just say playing with teams of 3, AND mixed nationalities and cultures, where some people don’t have English as their first language, is challenging, but so much fun!
So in short, my room mates are Natalie (Ontario, Canada), Jess (Maui, USA), Carina (Austria). They’re an interesting mob, with so many mixed cultures, but we also entertain and learn a lot from each other.
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