As Ryan completed his VCE (Victorian Certificate of Education) last year (2017) he was offered a place at a Melbourne based University in his field of interest - Building Design. As we had committed to travel during much of 2018 and Ryan wanted to defer this year regardless, he was still interested to attend their Orientation Day despite it being for 2018 students. He had asked if this were possible and this was welcomed by the staff so we went in and dropped Ryan off for the activities. Whilst Ryan was attending the activities and tour of campus, Mr Roo, Jess and I checked out the local precinct and facilities and were really surprised at the array of services at the doorstep of this University. |
The University offers onsite residences as well which would be something that we may consider next year too. Ryan really enjoyed the tour and the chance to meet the staff and get a good feel of University life. So plenty for him to think about for next year!
We headed back to the Caravan Park and Mr Roo and Jess decided to rest whilst Ryan and I took the opportunity to head to the Keilor area just near the Melbourne Airport Golf Club to do some plane spotting for a couple of hours.
Ryan was pretty chuffed to see an LAN, a Qatar and a new military aircraft coming in. We had another plane spotter come over and chat for a bit which was pretty cool. Ryan thought he looked familiar and looked him up when we got back to the Park and found that he was right and it was another plane spotter, well known for his photos online, who, like Ryan was very interested in seeing the LAN plane come in.