Graduation!

Friday June 9th – Our last day of the course! We turned our classroom back into the staff lunchroom then spent some time with Jhaneen going over some final details. GDV even had a graduation ceremony for us! Many of the staff joined us in the lecture room where Jhaneen gave a great power point overview of our course. She included lots of the photos we had taken during the course including some funny ones taken during our off time. Next John Gosling who developed the idea of the course spoke and shared how hard Jhaneen had worked to make this course a success and how much they appreciated her. Next the CEO, Dr. Grahme White, presented us with our certificates. It was quite a ceremony and everyone stayed afterwards for the yummy scones & cookies that Christina had made just for the occasion. It was a great way to end the course.
We finished up some last minutes packing then headed into the city to hang around until bedtime. Grant and I walked to the Crown casino (where Sue was busy playing poker), and along the Yarra River. Along the river was a wild display of tall towers which periodically belched out these enormous bursts of flames! They were big enough to light up the whole area and you could feel the heat from 10 meters away!
We will be up early tomorrow to head for the airport for the next leg of our adventure. New Zealand here we come! Stay Tuned….