I can't wait to meet all you guys soon too!!!! By the way were are HELLO....Hannah? Amanda Panda . Well i don't know about anyone else but I'm in the medical program

sorry that's needs to be where are you

Huh??

watcha sayn' chiz? Maybe it's just me, but sounds like gibberish... mmmmm.

I'm in the environmental program!

ha whatchyu talkin bout? that does sound like gibberish. im in the med program. whats everyones real names?

I know, even i don't know what i said. But i guess me and hannah will be in the same program.
Though, enviromental does sound really cool.

i guess we will chiz! im stoked about the bush medicine but hospitals...not too fun. how old is everyone? im 16 as of next week

I like hospitials (well not being in them becaue i got hurt that is). i wonder what bush medicine is really all about. Do they come from bushes? i'm turning 15 in two weeks

hah no. its aboriginal medicine that they find in nature. like certain plants you can eat to cure a stomach ache or a sprain or a bug bite and whatnot. so youre a freshman? im glad this trip is all of high school and not just my grade!

I really need to keep up with the message board postings. My names amanda I'm from california and I am doing international relations what is everyone else doing? oh and since I'm not sure what the excact plans are but do all of you have to fly in to LAX and then we all fly to Australia from there? or do you all fly from the closest airpart to your town and we all meet in Australia?

That sounds really cool. and i'm glad too that it is different grades rather than one. Hey! do only people from the u.s. go on this trip or is it all the kids around the world? Hannah, you're a sophmore right? Hey amanda, i know that i have to fly from atlanta to LAX(that's the airport were meeting at right?)then we all fly to australia do you have to do this hannah?. also, how old are you amanda? and what do you guys do for fun? Oh yeah!! Happy Birthday hannah i don't know if your bithday all ready passed or if i'm to early but anyways Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!

I'm 15 and will turn 16 while we are in Australia. I'm a sophmore. I live right by LAX so I don't have to fly there. but i'm sorry you guys do (sooo much time in an airplane. anywyas I don't want to not know anyone on this flight so I'm definetly keeping up with the message boards now. oh, hannah, I guess a happy birthday is in order? I like to go to the beach(i live right by it) and hang out with friends. I love music too! oh and I think it is really cool that I get to meet people from other states (I've never been to the midwest or really on the east coast). I'm so excited!

i gotta fly into LAX too, but my twin brother phil is going on the trip with me, so we'll have a good time on the plane. haha and my birthday is on wednesday but thanks!! i like music too, and i LOVE the ocean, so im very excited for this trip. i want to be a marine biologist, so its like the perfect vacation! and i think its only americans, and everyone on the mainland meets at LAX and we all fly out from there. what are yalls interests and whatnot?

You have a twin that sounds so cool you're lucky you have someone to go with on the way to LAX. i love music too, i also like to swim(pretty much like the water), and i love to read ,i at least read a new book at everyday. i want to become a truama doctor or a surgeon. i never meet anyone that lives in cali, so hey amanda nice to meet you . Hey we do get free time while on this trip right?

i hope so! i know we do in cairns, but not everyone is doing that. i like science and animals and the water and music and disney movies and i play soccer (im not some club player that started at the age of 3 or anything-i just enjoy it and play for my school) my brother says hi!

whats your real name by the way chiz??

i thought i already told you its chisom. HEY i like science also, i like to watch alot of movies. i'm going to be trying out for colorgaurd of next year and also applying for the national honor society since i have too much free time and plus i'm getting lazy.Tell your brother i said hi.

hey everyone. Ok so I wanted to clarify something. I thought this was like a hands on learning trip at first and then I found out from our packets n stuff that it is business and we have to dress like business formal and we can only wear jeans like 3 days out of the whole trip. Does anyone know anything about this dress code. Oh and I was unaware until recently that it is their winter in June so it is somewhat cold? Hopefully you guys are all knowing cause I wanna know what you all are wearing. Help! But on a less shrill note I am really into rediscovering all the good old music from like the 90's and early 2000's. Currently I can't stop listening to Matchbox Twenty. Anyone else a Rob Thomas fan? I wanna know if I would wanna switch ipods for like a hour on the plane lurking other people's songs. lol. oh and get this right when I get back from this trip I go to take my driver's license test. Think they'll let me practice in australia?

The same thing happened to me i didn't know we had to wear professinal and business clothes. and then i found out that it would be winter over there while it would be summer over here. if you login to the iylf sight and type in your password their will be a section called general preparation. just click on the dress code and it will tell you what you can't and can wear. I have heard of rob thomas and listened to a few of his songs and he is good. Ha Ha if they let you pratice take me with you, i'm getting my permit soon.

To quote the movie Juno, "Wow dream big." Fat chance they'll let ME drive, but we'll go steal a golfcart or something k? Anyways has everyone got cool ideas of what to do on the plane? I mean we could probably spend a good couple hours just getting to know eachother but Australia is a long flight and when I say long I mean long. The longest flight I've been on is to Hawaii (5hours from where I live). Hey I should have stopped by and said hi to Leilani

Wow. I've really been missing out on the message boards. For a while I was the only one on here. It's so great to hear from REAL people. I don't know about you guys, but I've decided that this program is kind of sketchy. They didn't have any type of interview before we were accepted, and we aren't even required to do assignments before we leave.
Anyway...I'm still excited to be going. I'm gonna be in the environmental forum, as well as the add-on. To answer some questions I saw come up, yes it should be a little cold (depending on where you're from-in NH mid-40's is warm). it'll be warmer in the north, if you're on the add-on.
It's great to be able to talk to humans!