Over the weekend my exchange partner, Brandon, and I took a trip down to a small community on the beach called Victor Harbour. There we went to eat at a little German restaurant where I had a delicious and traditional German grill breakfast. After we filled our stomachs, we made our way down to the South Australian Whale Centre, where we learned about whale history, whale anatomy and the use of all these different whale parts in our modern society.

Once educated on the wonders of whales, we got in the car and started to make our way back towards the boarding house, only to stop at another small town close by called Port Elliot. There we stopped at the Commodore Reserve with a beautiful view over the incredibly turquoise Horseshoe Bay. After taking in the sights and ripping my shorts on a metal post, we headed back to Adelaide.

Now the second part of our day had begun: Brandon’s parents dropped us off at the Richmond Oval, where I was about to witness my very first AFL game. It was a classic showdown between the two rival teams, the Port Adelaide Power and the Adelaide Crows. Although it was just a pre-season game, the intensity was still pretty high and the violence (as always) was over the top.

Unfortunately, besides the sheer brutality and incredibly fast-pace aspects of the game, it was pretty boring due to it being a huge blowout. By the end of the first half the Crows were up 76-16. Brandon and I ended up leaving during the 3rd quarter because of this and at this point I had been burnt to a crisp! – Charlie Joy ’14 (LCC exchange student at Westminster School in Adelaide, Australia)