Anna, you wanted to know what kind of birds those penguin-like birds were...well, I found out! In case anyone else is interested in reading about them, here's a brief story.
A Film Festival and the ZOO!! - Week 5 of classes - March 19-25, 2007 March 28th 2007 Monday to Thursday Morning Not much to report on those few days...Had my oral presentation in my water auditing class... Thursday morning my excitement was that I went FLYING off the end of a pinwheel at synchro! It was actually quite fun, as Kristy put it I fell on "soft bits" so I left with only this itty bitty bruise on my elbow. And it remains a joke AND a teaching lesson. "Remembe ... read more
Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more
This blog was created in 2007 when I headed to Perth, Western Australia for a year-long study abroad program. There are still lots of great stories and pictures from that trip, though I got way behind on my blogging and the stories end abruptly in September, 2007 (I was in Aus until Christmas Eve!)
Although I've traveled a lot since then, I left this blog in a state of neglect for several years. But I figured another school-related international adventure was a reason to get things started again! In August 2011, I packed up my car and made the drive from my hometown of Toronto to the sunny ... full info