Townsville and O-week

So when I arrived in Townsville, I was very excited. My housing assignment was set to be George Roberts Hall and thats where 2 of my good friends were living. So I'm all set with my 120 plus pounds of luggage when I find out I'm going to be in the last possbile building. Perfect. Even more perfect is that my room is on the 3rd floor and there are no elevators. Luckily my RA helped with my stuff. So I get into my room only to discover that I have a pet, I named my gecko Lizzy and he keeps my room spider free :). After getting settled all in we went into town. The shopping center around here, Stockland, commonly referred to as Stockies by the locals is somewhat different than the typical American mall. Not only are there clothing stores, but also "Wal-mart" aka the Big W and the food store (woolworths or Woolies). Theres also butcher shops in the mall which I find a bit disturbing. Malls are also only open untill 5 pm on weekdays and then 3 pm on weekends. Thursdays is late night shopping where malls are open until 9. That takes some getting used to. No 24-hour anything. The first few days were fun getting settled in even though my roomates werent here yet. So along comes O-week, which is fresher (freshman) orientation. Its bascially a week long party where the fossils make you drink till your sick (like we minded lol). My two roomates moved in, Kieran and Caitlyn. Both are from Australia and are extremely nice, we get along greatly. So O-week begins. Tuesday night was Toga Party and I've never experinced anything quite like it. We all got dressed up in our togas and over 3,000 freshers made it out to the Uni-Club/bar (yeah thats right, we have a club and bar on campus--awesome). Wedenesday was sponsors night in town, meaning free and reduced drinks at the clubs. Thursday was Fresher kegger in which you drank from 2:30 until 8 pm and bascially just skulled goon (chugged cheap wine). Thursday nights is also uni-club night which is a weekly occurence and a ton of fun. We all have a party in somebodys room and then go to the club to dance all night. Too bad I have an 8 am on Friday, but it has yet to stop me. Friday night was the Op-shop formal and Fresher Graduation. Your supposed to wear something old and hideous and then party it up outside. It was a ton of fun. Really good community and alcoholic sense, haha. After op-shop my friends and I went to the uni-club again and had a blast.