University of New South Wales
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Creating a home in Sydney
By Kirsty, University of New South Wales – Sydney, Australia Moving to Australia felt like a huge step, moving so far from friends and family, and basically starting my social life from scratch again. However, the anxiety was unnecessary. Once arriving, I moved into a shared room, it seemed very strange to share a room with a stranger, but it was one of the best decisions I made. I immediately felt at home, and got to become close friends with my roommate, and we started hanging out daily, and she helped me get settled in Sydney instantly. Through meeting my housemates, I immediately clicked with them and had a friend…
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Saying goodbye to Sydney :( some final recommendations and realities
By Logan Tilley, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia It has taken me a couple of months to get around to writing my final blog about Sydney as it just doesn’t seem real that it isn’t my home anymore. I remember seeing these goodbye blogs when I was excited to leave for my year abroad not too long ago and I didn’t think too hard about it as it was so far away. But, one of the realities of such an incredible experience to study abroad is that time does feel like it flies by quickly. Days are filled with new and exciting things to do and see and…
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Exploring unbelievable K’gari (Fraser Island)
By Logan Tilley, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to venture back up the East Coast of Australia to Rainbow Beach with my family who had flown over to visit and see some of the sights of the country. However, this trip was far and away the highlight of it all. The trip started with a pickup from a convoy of 4X4s led by a single tour guide. The rest of the vehicles were driven in rotation by other people on the tour, making it that much more interactive. This particular tour was a three-day, two-night immersive experience and I would…
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One week in tropical North Queensland
By Logan Tilley, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia As the Australian summer holiday begins, my journey of exploring more of the Australian East Coast continues. I decided that I wanted to visit the gateway to tropical North Queensland, Cairns. For a very long time this part of the country has been what I dreamed of seeing in Australia and I am now finally getting over to it from Sydney.
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Solo traveling the South Island without a car – Much easier than you think!
By Logan Tilley, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Since arriving in Australia I’ve heard so much about how New Zealand is the absolute best place to go, especially considering how far away it is from the UK. However, what everyone has said is that it pretty much can only be done properly in a car or in a camper van. This was a problem for me as a Londoner, yes I’m going to use that as my excuse, as I do not yet have a license. The main way I found people traveled without a car was with the Kiwi Experience or another tour like that but warning…
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Achieving my dream of seeing the Great Barrier Reef and Byron Bay
By Logan Tilley, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Ever since watching my first Attenborough-narrated environmental documentary when I was a kid, there was only one place top of my list for places to go in the world. That was the Great Barrier Reef, and this trip reassured me that it was about the smartest dream I’ve ever had. If there’s one blatant thing that UNSW has over USyd, it’s this – the exchange-only winter term course ‘Coral Reefs in a Changing Climate’. Not only was this perfect for me as a Geography student who loves the environment, but it offered a field trip to the Heron Island Research…
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The highlights of my first two weeks in Sydney – Life and recommendations
By Logan Tilley, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Some tips and recommendations before you come to Sydney:
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The final trip!
By Laura Docherty, UNSW, Australia UNSW has a three term system which means that we finish lectures in April – so I have a 5 month summer holiday! To kick it off, me and a group of friends decided to hire a motor home and do a 2 week road trip around the South Island of New Zealand. When I found out I was coming to Australia I wasn’t sure whether I would want to or be able to get over to New Zealand, but having done so, I am so glad that I did! It is quite an expensive country even in comparison to Australia so it requires a…
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5 Must do activities in Sydney
By Laura Docherty, UNSW, Australia As my time in Sydney is coming to an end now, I have been trying to cram as many fun activities in as possible before I leave to go backpacking for 4 months! Here are my suggestions for fun (and cheap!) things to do in Sydney during winter/autumn.
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Two weeks in Western Australia
By Laura Docherty, UNSW, Australia Yesterday I got back to Sydney from an incredible 2 week road trip in WA, from Margaret River to Coral Bay. We used Camplify to rent a car with two rooftop tents and flew to Perth to pick up our new home for the next fortnight! We had planned out our route before leaving Sydney to try and fit as much in as possible but when we arrived we heard there was a tropical cyclone warning near Exmouth so had to change our plans a little – wind gusts were up to 45 mph and we were sleeping in tents on the top of a…
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Daintree Rainforest
By Mia Campbell, University of New South Wales, Sidney, Australia Daintree rainforest being the oldest rainforest in the world, was a different setting from the city Cairns which resembled a beach resort with its renowned night life. Us girls carpooled 2 hours north of Cairns, where we drove against the coast which where no person dared to go due to Cairns being the crocodile capital of Queensland.
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Whitsundays
By Mia Campbell, University of New South Wales, Sidney, Australia In this day and age with the polarisation of social media, a photograph can catfish what something is really like. However, in the case of Whitsundays no photographs did this destination justice. The crystal waters were varied in shades depending on the different tides. Whitehaven is the second most posted place in the whole of Australia, after the Sydney Opera house, and I can fully understand why.
