Oz Blog 2011

When my 6th grade teacher, Ms. Johnson, first gave the assignment to correspond in letter format with a pen-pal from Australia she ignited the wanderlust flame that has never faded. After she received a package of letters in a large manilla envelope, Ms. Johnson stood in the middle of the classroom among a class of excited students. She passed out each letter from Australia to each corresponding pen-pal in my 6th grade class at Weber Elementary. When she stopped to say, "Wow, some of these letters are just amazing," then called my name, I knew it was something rare. Now, a teacher myself, I am returning to travelblog with a profound appreciation for my educational upbringing. As an independent traveler for this lifelong dream to travel Australia, I dedicate all Australian blogs to sixteen years of pen-pal-ship and the fire-starter, Ms. Johnson.



“When we get out of the glass bottle of our ego and when we escape like the squirrels in the cage of our personality and get into the forest again, we shall shiver with cold and fright. But things will happen to us so that we don’t know ourselves. Cool, unlying life will rush in.” - D. H. Lawrence

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Trip Length: 6 months
Blog Entries: 7
Photos: 115
Words: 9798

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Blog Entries

Date	Blog Title	Location
July 4th 2011	Dreamtime Experiences of a Schoolgirl Who Grew Into a Master Teacher	Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Darling Harbour
July 10th 2011	Easy Like Tuesday Morning	Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney
July 12th 2011	Walk Left Look Right	Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Sydney Harbour
July 13th 2011	Ta Cheree!	Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney
July 14th 2011	School of the Air	Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Alice Springs
December 28th 2011	Cairns	Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns
January 2nd 2012	A Delicious Whit-sundae!	Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach