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  • New Zealand,  University of Auckland

    Summer road tripping through New Zealand: your sign to stay abroad for Christmas

    May 27, 2025 /

    By Maja Peach, University of Auckland, New Zealand Hello! It has been a while since my last blog, and I thought I would pick back up with reminiscing on my incredible summer in New Zealand. This blog is going to dive into the very start of my summer where I experienced my first workaway and a fabulous road trip through the South Island…

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    August 6, 2025

    How is academic life different at Auckland?

    April 2, 2019

    Some photos from a year in New Zealand

    October 13, 2019
  • Australasia,  Australia,  University of New South Wales

    Daintree Rainforest

    February 8, 2024 /

    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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    What I wish I’d known about Australia

    May 16, 2023

    The Highs and Lows of 2nd Semester

    February 22, 2020

    Touchdown in Perth

    August 13, 2026
  • Australasia,  Australia,  Uncategorized,  University of New South Wales

    Western Australia Road-trip Rundown

    March 29, 2023 /

    by Lauren Tennant, University of New South Wales, Australia As most my previous posts have emphasised, a work-fun balance is so important to get the most out of your year abroad. At the top of my Aus bucket list was visiting Western Australia and its incredible beaches. A short break between summer term and Term 1 at UNSW came around and I quickly took the opportunity to get my uni work in order and book a trip to WA.

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    Weekend Trips In Sydney #2: Kosciuszko National Park

    May 2, 2025

    A NYC Winter

    April 29, 2025

    Uluru

    December 8, 2023
  • Canada,  North America,  University of Toronto

    Canadian Transportation Tips

    January 4, 2022 /

    First thing to say is that Canada is massive. Any distance between things you would actually want to see is likely to be the equivalent of going from London to Newcastle – and that’s just within Ontario. Therefore, I would advise against getting the bus between big cities as it just takes too long, and you end up spending half your time away sitting next to fat men on stuffy coaches. In Ontario, Go Trains would be the ‘go to’ solution (although they are stupidly slow in North America) but travelling inter-province would require VIA Rail. However, whilst the rail-route between Vancouver and Halifax (the whole breadth of Canada) has…

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    Homesickness and a Botanical Garden

    January 22, 2020

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    February 11, 2025

    MITACS Chapter 4: Saying goodbye + some reflections

    September 7, 2022
  • Australia,  University of Melbourne

    An Australian Summer – Festivals, Internships and Road Trips

    February 22, 2020 /

    By Lauren Howie, The University of Melbourne 4 months is a daunting amount of time. When I first heard that our summer holiday would stretch the whole of November to March I was slightly concerned – how would I fill all those weeks?  Well not to stress, there is more than enough things to do in summer, whether it is going to festivals, finding an internship or travelling – you name it the list is endless! 

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    August 13, 2026

    Visiting the Grampians National Park

    February 1, 2024

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    February 1, 2024
  • Australia,  University of Melbourne

    Time Out in Tassie

    October 15, 2019 /

    By Lauren Howie, The University of Melbourne Unlike the other Universities in Australia, Melbourne’s midterm break is a gruelling nine weeks into the academic term. By this point you will defo want a holiday, so take that time to plan a great trip away!

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    Things to do in Sydney!

    October 16, 2024

    Discovering Melbourne coffee and brunch culture and working in a café

    March 27, 2026

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    August 13, 2026
  • North America,  Uncategorized,  University of California - Los Angeles,  University of California - Santa Barbara

    Final Road Trip and Goodbyes:

    August 21, 2018 /

    I have now been home for over 3 months and I thought I would write about my thoughts on leaving Case Western and my road trip around California. The last few weeks of term were extremely stressful with trying to pack up my belongings, say my goodbyes, plan a road trip and submit all my final work. Luckily, I did not have any finals to take and I decided to leave the campus early and meet up with friends from Manchester to travel around the East Coast. But this did mean that saying goodbye to all the great people I had met felt very rushed. As I am writing this…

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    imogenhenryc

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    January 11, 2024

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    October 28, 2019

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"My mid-semester break road trip around the South Island of New Zealand. Some of these photos are from Roy’s Peak, the Franz Josef glacier, brunch in Christchurch and watching a rail jam in Wanaka." - from our GA Imogen in New Zealand! "My first few weeks in Sydney settling in by seeing the Opera House and Harbour Bridge, swimming in the North Sydney Olympic Pool, going whale watching, and going to Bronte beach" - from our GA Lucy in Sydney, Australia! "What a way to spend the teaching break- exploring Kuala Lumpur, George Town and Langkawi, Malaysia" from our GA Elena in Australia! "Skiing in 'Fart Bags' in the Chilean Andes" - from our Global Ambassador Romany in Chile! 🎿 'Cycling through the seasons in Amsterdam' "My first two weeks in Perth! I’ve had a proper Aussie induction through AFL and rugby games, meeting a koala (and snake!) and decorating my own boomerang. Despite it being winter, I have also spent a lot of time by the sea, at Scarborough and Cottelsoe Beaches and visited Matilda Bay on Swan River (not even a 5 minute walk from campus). Through St Catherine’s College, I attended my first Formal Hall (the academic gown) and visited an incredible viewpoint overlooking the Perth skyline." from our GA Elizabeth in Australia 🐨🇦🇺🧡 #uomgoabroad #globalambassador A week in the life at our summer school in Siena ☀️🇮🇹🍕📚🍦🌅 #uom_goabroad Here are photos from my end of year trip from Yosemite, Zion and Joshua Tree National Parks from our Global Ambassador Lucy 🧡 #uomgoabroad #globalambassador Some pics from our summer school students who are currently my in Bordeaux, France (yes, the summer school has its very own dog) ☀🇫🇷🥐 #uomgoabroad

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