Hi Everyone, Ok, so I'm really sorry I haven't written in forever!! Ever since I got back from Melbourne I have been crammed with exam after exam and report after report. I'm finally stress free for awhile until my final exams in late June. I went to Melbourne with 2 other girls from April 30 to May 5. I knew that Melbourne would be one city I would not want to leave without visiting. I didn't really know what to expect; you either like Sydney better or Melbourne. In my case, I loved both cities, but I really really loved Melbourne. [View Full Entry]

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As I wrote in the previous entry, this is my trip to Heron Island; the second half of my mid-semester break. This island was one of the most beautiful places I've ever been to! Day 1: On the same evening in which I returned from Fraser Island, I left for Heron Island that very night, about 4 hours later. At about 11:30pm on the night of April 13th, we were scheduled to depart Brisbane. However, due to 5 guys not thinking we were leaving the following day, we didn't get to leave until about 12:15am as we were waiting for the [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everyone! I just returned back to Brisbane from our mid-semester break last week. I was in Fraser Island from April 9th-13th and Heron Island from April 13th-18th. I'm was so exhausted, but it was so much fun. I have been so busy this past week as well with a couple big midterm exams then was at Stradebroke Island again this past weekend doing a research project with my group for my Marine Science class. So I have been extremely busy!! This entry will be about my adventures in Fraser Island and the next one will be Heron Island. Fraser Island, [View Full Entry]

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I finally visited the great city of Sydney!! We were there for about a total of 5 days and did soooo much in those 5 days! Day 1, 3/26/09: Our flight to Sydney departed at 5:25am. So we all went out the night before and decided we would just not get any sleep and sleep on the plane. Not a good idea. We went out for a while on Wednesday evening and didn't get back until close to 2:30am and our cab was going to pick us up at 4am! I went back to my apt and just finished packing and [View Full Entry]

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G'day from another awesome week in Australia! This past week has been a busy one, but definately fun, especially towards the end! As we all know St. Patricks Day was this past Tuesday the 17th and of course we want to go out and celebrate. The day is not big here in Aussieland, but is still celebrated somewhat. So we got into our green gear and went out to a bar called 'Down Under Bar', clever name right? It was absolutely packed and literally couldn't move! It was definitely a fun night, but will not compare to St. Patricks Day celebrations [View Full Entry]

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I feel like I have written in forever!! I guess it's been a couple weeks since I've written a blog, sorry about that! Anyway, classes have begun here at Uni and I've had 2 full weeks of classes. They don't seem too bad, but I'll be a busy lady :). I've narrowed down my finalized classes for the semester. I'm taking 3 classes, one called Australia's Marine Environment, another Australia's Terrestrial Environment and my last class is Marine Science. Australia's Marine Environment seems to be a more laid back class as most the students are international. We are able to participate [View Full Entry]

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Hi everyone! I've been in Brisbane for about a week now and it's great! This place is beautiful, the city is so clean and nice! A couple days ago we went to this man made beach in the city, it was so cool! There's a normal pool and then right next to it there is a sand beach that looks over the city. So we just layed out on the beach most the day. This past Monday was our first day of orienation at Uni (that's what they call college here). We had a few intro sessions to go through, not [View Full Entry]

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I survived my 22hrs straight in a plane!! The plane ride from Los Angelos to Brisbane wasn't bad at all as I was expecting a 14 hour flight would be. I slept probably about 80% of the trip, which definitely helped! The flight attendents were all Aussie, so I already fell in love with the accent at 3am CDT. It was weird because they served us dinner pretty much like an hour after we took off from LA. I fell asleep for probably about 10 or 11 hours must have been and woke up and listend to some music, ate breakfast, [View Full Entry]

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