This morning we met and visited with Dr Peter Chenoweth with Charles Sturt University (CSU). Dr. Chenoweth was at Kansas State for a number of years before returning to Australia to be a professor at CSU. We had the privilege to walk through the vet school facilities at the uni. They were just built in 2004 and needless to say they were start of the art facilities. Temple Grandin would be very happy with the facilities and the flow of cattle. We also got to walk through the vet school and horse facilities. They have a horse barn that students can house their horses at and an indoor training facility. During the 2000 Olympics that were held in Sydney many horsemen came and trained there. The sheep facility was interesting and we had the opportunity to see an Australian Kelpe at work.
The vet school at CSU is a 6 year program, the first two years are like our undergrad/prevet years. There are 60 students per grade and the classes are very hands on. The vet school was soooooo nice, maybe I should come to vet school here!
Ritchie thinks the bus smelled like an ol cattle truck so he went hog wild crazy with the supposed to be smell good stuff haha o my goodness it was an overwhelming stench that he sprayed lol
The bus ride to Sydney was about 5 hours, MaryAnn and I passed the time by coloring some masterpieces :)
Once in Sydney we had the opportunity to do a little bit of sightseeing and souvenir shopping. We had a dinner cruise on the Sydney harbor and got to take in the views that would take your breath away, it was absolutely beautiful. No picture we took could justify the magnificence of the opera house and bridge. Our hotel in Sydney was super de duper fancy! Makes up for all the not so nice hotels we've been staying in hahah Leaving tomorrow for Cairns! Get excited!!!
1.Dinner Cruise
2.Sheep in the road :)
3.Coloring!
4.Opera House
5.KSU!!!
6.Sheep unit at CSU
Until tomorrow mates!
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