QGSSSA Swimming

It was finally Wednesday afternoon, and everyone headed for their house teachers. We got our names ticked off and got on the school bus. It took about an hour to get to the Brisbane Aquatic Centre. When we got there, the first thing I thought was: "I am so grateful for the St. Hilda's school uniform!" The other girl schools had even worse uniforms! One school had lemon green tunics, while some other girls were walking around with black skirts all the way down to their ankles.

Brisbane Aquatic Centre

When we went inside the building, I was absolutely amazed by the amount of people who were there. There were about 3000 people already cheering for their swimmers. There were eight other private all-girl schools and one co-ed state school. When the events started, they played music and everybody danced and sang along. In-between the events you could go outside and grab a drink or buy something to eat. 

Near the end of the contest, a couple of St. Hilda's swimmers and the school mascot went to the other side of the pool so all the girls of our school could see them. Then, they started dancing and we all copied them. It looked just like we had studied in a dance and a couple of other schools even tried to do the same as us. I had such a good time!

St. Hilda's swam surprisingly well and became overall sixth out of ten schools (last year they came 8th overall).

I'll miss you Luli!

This was the last night of a close friend of mine, Luli, who was an exchange from Argentina. So even though this evening was amazing, it was a little sad too. We said our good-byes (not completely tear-less) and we promised to meet each other another time, somewhere else.