STUDY TOUR TO AUSTRALIA: “Harbour Inlet Cruise” (Day 9)

After two days of whole day excursions, we were back to the lesson again. All of us were a bit exhausted because of the Green Island trip yesterday.

Elaine, our class teacher, recognized that we were quite sleepy, so she started the lesson with a song, “You’re Gonna Miss Me”. All along the song, we had to keep a good beat with the cups.

After that, she taught us some Australian slangs. Some of them were funny. For example, the word “dunny” means toilet, “shelia” means women and “sanger” sandwiches. She also told us some information of the wetland that we were going to see in the afternoon boat trip. We leant that mangroves and saltmarsh are ecologically important habitats to link the marine and terrestrial environment.

Finally, we had a game in which we had to pass a message by whispering to our neighbours and the final person had to shout it out. We found the message shouted aloud was much different from the original one. That was fun!

REEF FLEET TERMINAL

HARBOUR CAIRNS

A SUNNY DAY

WONDERFUL HARBOUR VIEW

After lunch, we had a “Harbour Inlet Cruise”. The sights of the harbor were gorgeous. While we were enjoying the sights of the harbor inlet, a sailor told us we would be able to see crocodiles. However, we just saw one in the whole boat trip. It was a comfortable trip, though. We were able to admire the great views of the harbour in Cairns after the tiring trip yesterday.