Ive been in Australia for 4 days now and it is absolutely beautiful! Im staying in a town called Lismore which is about 20 minutes inland. I arrived at 6am on Friday morning and then we had a 3 hour bus ride (which felt longer than the flight) and made it to Lismore around 5pm, we then had 40 minutes to get to town, shop and get back to the last bus of the day. There is a "square" and downtown lismore. the square is a small mall with a few stores, a grocery store, a kmart, and a food court. The next morning one of my local friends to me to breakfast in a cafe downtown. Cafe's are big here and there are tons of coffee shops. I had my first encounter with vegemite and i hope to never see it again. The week is "O" week (orientation week) and school starts next week. 

The first beach I went to was Byron Bay, about 30 minutes away. Its a really nice beach town with lots of stores and restaurants. I ordered a Lemonade and I was given Sprite. Apparently lemonade does not exist here.