G'Day mates! The trip has been amazing so far and has offered us a insight to a whole different sports culture from the American one that we are all so familiar with. Today I woke up at 9 and cooked myself an egg sandwich in the very accommodating kitchen that we each have in our rooms. Most people did the same, others enjoyed a buffet breakfast in the surf club. After breakfast we all met in the surf club for two lectures about the sport industry in Gold Coast. Through all the lectures we have heard over the past few weeks I have noticed one overall trend in the Australian sport culture that is greatly different form the Unites States sport culture. This is that many athletes in Australia do not attend Universities. Instead, most are funneled through Olympic training programs(which we were able to see) or clubs then right into professional sports. Unlike the States where some of our favorite sports  teams are college teams and many of us spend countless Friday nights screaming at bad calls made in college football games, Australian college sports are almost unheard off. It has been interesting to see the differences in the sport culture of the two countries and what seems to work better. For now that is all, as I am off to the beach!

Sebastian Brogan