384 days ago I got on the plane to come over to Australia. I didn't know what to expect and how things would be. My time here turned out to be better than I could ever have imagined. I was lucky enough to live with the best hostfamily and meet the most amazing people. I will never forget all the memories and awesome moments. Through all the ups and downs and everything that happened my friends and family were always by my side. Thanks so much to everyone who made my experience over here unforgettable. It's time to go back to Germany now... I hope I'll see you all again very soon xx

Australia facts

• Former Prime Minister Bob Hawke set a world record for sculling 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds. Hawke later suggested that this was the reason for his great political success.
•  Australia is very sparsely populated: The UK has 248.25 persons per square kilometre, while Australia has only 2.66 persons per square kilometre. 
• 14. Australia’s first police force was made up of the most well-behaved convicts.
• If you visited one new beach in Australia every day, it would take over 27 years to see them all. 
•  Australia has 3.3x more sheep than people.
•  The Australian Alps receive more snowfall than Switzerland.
•   Tasmania has the cleanest air in the world. 
• 45. The average Aussie drinks 96 litres of beer per year.
•  If all the sails of the Opera House roof were combined, they would create a perfect sphere. The architect was inspired while eating an orange.
•  In 1932, the Australian military waged war on the emu population of Western Australia. Embarrassingly, they lost. 
•  An Australian man once tried to sell New Zealand on eBay.
• In NSW, there is a coal fire beneath the ground which has been burning for 5,500 years.
• Australia’s cyclones were originally named after politicians a weatherman disliked: As a result, he was able to report that the pollies were “causing great distress” or “wandering aimlessly about the Pacific”.
• Bushranger Moondyne Joe escaped jail so many times the government built a special cell to hold him. The governor said: “If you get out again, I’ll forgive you.” He escaped, and was released when captured.
• Built to keep Australia’s native dog away from sheep, the 5,500-kilometre Dingo Fence is the longest fence on Earth.
• There is a place in Western Australia where space is closer than the nearest town.
   Crocodile Dundee is the highest grossing Australian film to date.

Sources: 
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jemimaskelley/facts-about-australia#.vnYj8r3Xp
http://www.buzzfeed.com/simoncrerar/crazy-aussie-facts

Aussie Slang

Some things you gotta know when going to Australia:

Arvo - Afternoon
Avos - Avocados
Aussie - Australian
Air con - Air conditionning
Ankle biters - Little children
Banger - Sausage
Barbie - Barbecue
Beauty - Great, Fantastic
Bloody - very
Bloody oath! - That's certainly true
Boardies - Boardshorts
Boot - Back of the car
Bottle-o - Liquor store
Brekkie - Breakfast
Billabong - Watering Hole
Brissy - Brisbane 
Bloke - An Australian male
BIscuit - The 'correct' term for cookie
Bush - The Outback, anywhere that isn't town
Cost big bikkies - Expensive
Chrissy - Christmas
Convo - Conversation
Ciggie - Cigarette
Esky - Ice cooler
G'Day - Hello!
Get stuffed - Piss off
Going off - Good fun
Good onya - well done
Goon Sack - Cheap wine in a bag 
Greenie - Environmentalist
Hard yakka - Hard work 
Hubgry Jack's - Burger King 
Hooroo - Goodbye
It's gone walabout - It's lost
Kiwi - Someone from New Zeeland
Let's bounce - Let's go
Loo - Toilet
Maccas - McDonalds
Mate - Buddy/Friend
Mozzie - Mosquito
Nah Yeah - Yes
Pissed - Drunk
Reckon - think/assume
Schoolies - High-school graduates who have completed their exams take a week-long vacation and this is what the students are called.
Straya - Australia
Stoked - very pleased
Servo - Service/Gas station
Shark biscuit - Amateur surfer
Smoko - Cigarette or coffee/tea break 
Spag bol - Spagetti bolognese
Snag bag - Sausage roll
Sparky - Electrician
Sunnies - Sunglasses
Sweet as - Really good
Swimmers - Bathing suit
Ta - Thanks a lot
Thongs - Flip-flops
Tosser - useless idiot/wanker
Tradise - Tradesman/woman
Wadayawant - What do you want?
Walkabout - A long walk
Wanker - ridiculour person
Woolie's - Woolworths (supermarket)
Woop Woop - Made up name for a tiny town in the middle of nowhere
Yeah Nah - No

25 days left / 359 days down

So I just had my last week of school. On Thrusday we had the school Athletics Carnival, it was heaps of fun. Friday was my last day at school.
My mum and my little sisters will be arriving in Brisbane on the 2. of July. We'll saty around the Gold Coast until the 23. of July. I really wanna show them what I've been doing for the past 12 months, intoduce them to my little piece of paradise.
xx

Sportscarnival

Squad on point

37 days left

Out with the girls

Squad

61 days left

My cooking in Hospitality class

Johanna Paige and me

Squad

Johanna Lea and me

Schooluniform

Hospitality function

Johanna and me

I have weird friends I know...

92 days left :(

So I went back to school on monday and it's way too cold! This is my last term here at school, so my last 10 weeks studying at Benowa... 

92 days left and I'm so not ready to go back to Gemany.

Had amazing hollidays

(from right: Nicole, Diego, Clara and me)

Clara and me

Pretty girls (from right: Chiara, Johanna and me)

Goodbye bbq for Thiago

 I went to Springbrook National Park with some international friends. We walked for about 1 1/2 hour to finally get to the rockpools and little waterfalls. We had an amazing and fun day, even when the water was freezing. After walking back (another 1 1/2 hour) we were all really exhausted hahaha Still a fun time.

Camping in Brunswick Heads

During the hollidays I went camping with my lovely host family and some friends of them. We had heaps of fun. We went for walks in the village, chills at the river, bridgejumping, paddle boarding and fishing. I had such an amazing time!

Me on a paddleboard

Little cutie Vera

 Francis caught a big mud crab. We cooked and ate it. Delicious!

For easter we all started drawing easter eggs and bunnies on the street. Heaps of fun!

Our camping site

Drinks for grown ups and babies

My beautiful crazy friends (from left: Jayden, Caspara, Lara, Kylah and me)

Beuatiful sky at sunset

"Life is not a dress rehearsal. You need to make the most of every minute of your waking day and live as though it’s your last, with no regrets and a clear conscience. Live ‘in the moment’ and focus on the here and now. As they say: yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery but today is a gift. That’s why it is called the present.”

269 days done 115 to go

So in the last 3 weeks so much happened. I met many new people and made new friends. Every day something new, exciting and unexected happens, it just never gets boring. There is so much more to discover out there. I am still amazed by the beauty of this place and I wake up every morning being so thankful to be able to live this amazing experience. I am currently living the dream: I'm in a dream place, with fantastic people who are always by my side aswell as an amazing hostfamily. I can't imagine leaving this amazing life here on the Gold Coast. I have 115 days left in this paradise and I will enjoy every bit of it.
 

Johanna and me

Great night with great people

I married the love of my life Maddy

Got married in school - casual stuff

Interesting night

Live a life you will remember (from left: Abdul, Bree, me and Ilyas)

On the way out

School uniform

My favorite international girls (from right: Sarah, Pia, me, Nicole, Johanna, Alina, Clarisse, Nicolly, Ana, Barbara)

So today I made this fabulous cake in hospitality class

Beach days

Adventuring (from left: Ana, Dominic, Sarah and me)