http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/AussieSteph/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from AussieSteph en-us Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:36:44 +0000 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:36:44 +0000 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 did http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-401664.html As I wrote in the previous entry this is my trip to Heron Island the second half of my midsemester break. This island was one of the most beautiful places I've ever been toDay 1On the same evening in which I returned from Fraser Island I left for Heron Island that very night about 4 hours later. At about 1130pm on the night of April 13th we were scheduled to depart Brisbane. However d http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Great-Barrier-Reef/blog-394574.html Hi EveryoneI just returned back to Brisbane from our midsemester break last week. I was in Fraser Island from April 9th13th and Heron Island from April 13th18th. 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 Sc http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Fraser-Island/blog-392014.html 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 daysDay 1 32609 Our flight to Sydney departed at 525am. 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 230am and our ca http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-386650.html G'day from another awesome week in AustraliaThis 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 n http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/North-Stradbroke-Island/blog-384341.html 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 Terre http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/St-Lucia/blog-381756.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/blog-377140.html 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 fr http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Cairns/blog-375581.html