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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.
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Green Island and Fitzroy island
By Mia Campbell, University of New South Wales, Sidney, Australia On our term break myself and friends ventured to Cairns. Cairns itself, if speaking openly and honestly, has not got much to do in the heart of the city for an entire week. However, people go there for what’s round it. This includes Fitzroy and Green Island for snorkelling, where my heart almost stopped as we swam amongst turtles and sharks.
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Australian winter: tis the sea-sun
By Georgi Fogarty, University of Queensland No matter where you are in the world, there will always be that short-lived sigh of relief between the last assignment and the start of exams. Fortunately for me, coming towards the end of my time in Australia motivated me to seize this fleeting moment devoid of academic stress and do something useful with it. So once my last few assignments were submitted and I had returned from Stradbroke island (which you can read about in another of my recent blog posts), I had decided that I am no longer a mainland person and started researching my next getaway. Having recently explored the…
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Island retreats
By Georgi Fogarty, University of Queensland Arguably the most attractive part of moving from Manchester to Australia for a year is the great weather and beautiful beaches. So after being away for a grand total of ten months, in May I finally took a weekend off work and visited the largest beachy attraction closest to Brisbane that I knew of – Stradbroke Island. To be honest, it completely amazed me that it had taken me ten months to get here in the first place seeing as it’s around 3 hours door to door and it was one of the first things that inspired me to do a year abroad…
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Still Sydney-siding
Bethan Rowsby, Geography, University of Sydney, Australia. Whilst many of my friends who are also studying abroad are coming to the end of their semester, mine has only just taken off. I’m currently in week 5, with 8 weeks to go and then exams so I will be finished by the 26th June! Or rather I would be, if I didn’t take a class that has a field trip in July to… Indonesia! Oh, the perks of being a Geographer. I am glad as it does mean that I am able to spend more time in Australia before I have to leave (plus it gives me more time for my…
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Christmas in Australia
Bethan Rowsby, University of Sydney I knew I wasn’t going to be going back home to the UK for Christmas, which was sad but it meant I got to experience Christmas in Australia! Since I wasn’t able to spend they day with my family, I was kindly adopted into the home of one of my housemates, Rachel, who lives in Kyneton which is near Melbourne but very much not urban at all. I had a great time out in the country for a week!
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And finally…
By Elizabeth Hardy. So, more or less everyone has left for their exciting year abroad. And after patiently waiting for months watching other people have fun, it is my turn to go. And leaving the airport just a week ago, I had no idea of the crazy (but amazing) experience this week’s upheaval would be for me. To help me organize my thoughts, I think I’ll make a list. These are the things that have struck me most about California in my first week: Size. Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING is bigger here. Be prepared for food to be about 4 meals worth. The good thing I have learnt is…
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