Hi Nancy and welcome to Pprune!
I wish you the best in pursuing your flying career. I myself have flown from Melbourne to Cairns and it's absolutely spectacular.!
The reason why we land into wind is because it allows us to fly an approach on final at a slower Ground speed. This enables us too use less runway when coming to a complete stop. Same reason why we take off into a headwind.
Flying into wind also provides us with a steeper approach path/angle. This helps us clear obstacles that may or may not obstruct our flight path towards the runway.
Hope this helps, enjoy and safe flying.!
T&G
