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Summer road tripping through New Zealand: your sign to stay abroad for Christmas
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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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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Western Australia Road-trip Rundown
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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Canadian Transportation Tips
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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An Australian Summer – Festivals, Internships and Road Trips
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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Time Out in Tassie
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!
- North America, Uncategorized, University of California - Los Angeles, University of California - Santa Barbara
Final Road Trip and Goodbyes:
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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