Koalas at Lone Pine

March 7th 2007
After four days of non-stop activities and seemingly endless flights and bus trips, we finally made it to our new home for the next five months, Brisbane. Also affectionately referred to as Brisvegas and Brisneyland because of the high rate of gambling as well as tourists making their way to the Gold Coast. Sounds like the perfect place to do a study abroad if you ask me! Above everything, I w ... read more

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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

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Lisa Marvin

My name is Lisa and I am a senior at Penn State University. I will be spending my last semester of college studying abroad in Brisbane, Australia at the University of Queensland and I have to say I'm pretty excited to trade a Pennsylvania winter for five months on the beach! However, sun-worshipping is not the only activity I plan to do. While abroad, I will be working as a travel journalist for the new website Cafeabroad.com and spending my time exploring what Brisbane and the rest of Australia has to offer. I also plan to venture off the island to visit New Zealand, Tasmania, and hopefull... full info

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