Blogs from St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania

Well Sydney ended up being a fantastic time! I the hostel I had booked turned out to be the #6 hostel in all of Australia, and it really was that good! The hostel had arranged for anyone who wanted to go out to group together and we all walked to a local bar called The World Bar. It really was a world bar because there were about 12 of us from the hostel that ended up going out and we were from all over the place! I caught up with some of my dorm mates who were German and we had a blast. With going with the hostel you got in for free, got 2 free drinks, and a free BBQ, what more could you ask for! We all hung out and listened to the karaoke ... read more

Sorry it has taken me so long to post. I had an entire entry finished about Orientation Week but when I went to post it my internet messed up and it got deleted. I got frustrated and gave up, but now I’m back to write O week entry 2.0 Fresher Pretzel has officially survived Orientation Week. Just kidding, it really wasn't that bad they didn't haze us that much. Because this is my first semester at Emmanuel College, I am considered a first year or "fresher" and I was given the nickname Pretzel. No one really knows where the nickname came from, the Emmanuel execs assign them before we get here and then we are given a plastic yellow hard hat with our nicknames written on them and required to wear them at all times during ... read more

BILLEDER FØLGER OGSÅ HER SNAREST MULIGT :) En kort hurtig update her søndag aften :).. Jeg har nu endelig fundet et sted at bo - kun 15 min til fods fra campus!!.. Ud over det er det klart det lækreste sted jeg har set indtil videre, og er dermed rigtig godt tilfreds :).. Det endte med også at være lidt over budget, men sådan er det jo så.. I dag søndag, har vi derudover været i Lone Park Sanctuary.. Det var en vildt fed oplevelse, hvor vi oplevede en helt masse ting.. Vi fik fodret og kælet kænguruer og koalaer. Derudover fik vi set en række ørne og ugler jage på helt tæt hold. Til sidst fodrede vi fugle, hvilket vil sige at man stod i en sværm af fantastiske fugle, der stort set spiste fra ... read more

BILLEDER FOELGER!!!!! Dette bliver min foerste entry i denne blog, og vil derfor sandsynligvis blive ret lang er jeg bange for :) Min blog vil starte fra den 13. Juli, hvor jeg befandt mig i Singapore lufthavn ventende paa mit fly til Brisbane. Jeg ankom til Singapore dagen forinden, og havde tilbragt en hyggelig nat i Singapore paa et hostel i "Little India". Ventetiden i Singapore lufthavn gik med at spise "Laksa" (en lokal nuddel ret vi havde faaet anbefalet af en lokal vi moedte paa flyet), som i oevrigt var enormt laekkert. Flyturen til Brisbane var omkring 9 timer, og gik uden nogle former for problemer. Vi ankom altsaa til Brisbane 00:30 onsdag d. 14/7 tidlig tidlig morgen, og det var dermed 54 timer siden vi forlod Rom!! Fra Brisbane tog vi en shuttlebus til ... read more

Finally I touched the Australian Land, well...actually I did so on wednesday, exactly at 2 o' clock in the morning. What can I say? So far I did still not suffer the jet leg..maybe because I have been doing soo much since I arrived. Having had 5 hours of decent sleep at "Somewhere to Stay" -a ver nice hostel @ West End - I woke up at 8 and went to campus! And let me just tell you: the St.Lucia Campus of University of Queensland is just FANTASTIC! I mean, it has like everything, is like a town!! I promise I ll soon post some pics! Well, at campus I opened my australian bank account, I enrolled for courses (I must say, I got some pretty nice ones, one is about China and its potential to ... read more

Hello, Long time since I wrote something but nothing special happened and I had not had time to make pictures. I just arrived back at “home” from a 1 week visit to Brisbane. There was a PhD student who had to do her confirmation (a defence before they can start their 2nd year) and since her work deals with the wood anatomy of Avicennia and since it was a good opportunity for me to have a look at the possibilities in Brisbane, Catherine Lovelock of UQ (University of Queensland) asked me to be in the ‘jury’ (it is not really a big deal) and come over and so I did. First impression of Brisbane (Brisbie for the locals): BIG and the skyline is impressive at moments with of these huge Skyscrapers and modern bridges. The Brisbane ... read more

Day 1, Tues Feb 17- The flight over here wasn’t too bad in general. I was able to sleep for about 7 of the 14 hr flight to Brisbane. It was a little bumpy at times but nothing to really complain about. I sat next to a friend of mine Dave Munn, and another kid I had known through Badminton gym class named James Doyle. It was really luck of the draw with seats and needless to say I lucked out. When we got off the plane we had to get through the Australian customs which took FOREVER. One girl’s luggage was lost and as of Friday still hadn’t arrived. To borrow one of Mike Tomlin’s favorite lines it was a classic case of “You reap what you sow” and needless to say Karma caught up ... read more