Randwick, Australia Travel Blogs

Easter in Sydney
Apr 13, 2004

Right now I'm sitting in my apartment watching Paradise Hotel (maybe the most pointless reality tv show ever created), and I'm not quite sure why. I keep finding myself watching terrible American tv shows that I would never watch at home. I even got ...

Just call me the token American
Mar 24, 2004

... couldn't come up with a witty comeback... I think I just turned red instead. I'll leave you with one last thought... In Australia, voting is compulsory. If you don't vote in the upcoming town elections, you get fined. Imagine if that were true in the ...

Work and play
Mar 13, 2004 (1 photos)

... the class early because of our "brilliance"! I love my Structure of English professor - he's living proof positive of Australia's laid-back reputation! My Adult Language Learning and Teaching class is the complete opposite though. The prof (the ...

So long, farewell...
Dec 17, 2004

... trying scary foods with my Asian friends (such as the chicken feet I ate at Yum Cha the other day with my Taiwanese friend Archer, and the raw beef I had with my Japanese friend Marie). Like I said though, I'll be back. I think I'm addicted to Australia.

Saving the bush and celebrating St. Pat
Mar 19, 2004 (1 photos)

... the University of Delaware (like Karen!), and is using a Master's in Art Administration as an excuse to hang out in Australia for a while (sounds familiar!). That night, Kristin and I went to see Funkstar again, this time at the Elephant and Wheelbarrow ...

First week of classes
Mar 6, 2004

... But he has a good feeling about the class this year, so looks like I'll be drinking with my professor! Only in Australia! On Wednesday evenings I have Adult Language Learning and Teaching, which is going to be more work than I thought. Lots o' lesson ...

Becoming a wine connoisseur
Sep 5, 2004 (4 photos)

... out the taste of food. And we even had a good sparking shiraz - I didn't think there was such a thing! I like wineries in Australia because they seem less pretentious than the ones I've been to in the US. Well, except for one of the ones we visited ...

Aussie English
Dec 17, 2004

VIRGINIA'S DICTIONARY OF AUSTRALIAN ENGLISH AUSTRALIAN - AMERICAN arvo - afternoon biscuits/bikkies - cookies bloke - typical guy bond - security deposit bottle shop - liquor store brekky - breakfast buck's night - bachelor party bushwalking - ...

Catching up on the past month of my life
Jun 6, 2004 (5 photos)

... , cool professor. I had no idea what I was in for! It started out innocent enough, with dinner at a Thai restaurant in Randwick. Not all that many people showed up, but I enjoyed talking with the people that were there. Everyone was sharing the wine ...

A Day at the Races
Sep 27, 2008 (8 photos)

... Derby.  The race was the beginning of the Spring racing season, the weather was perfect and there were about 4-5 tracks throughout Australia with races that day, so there was a race to bet on every 5 minutes.  I'm pretty sure our Aussie hosts ...

Uni!
Mar 2, 2006

... hard. One is of them is going to kick my butt. It is James Joyce's Ulysses. So, next time someone says all I did in Australia was drink on the beach, I will agree, but I will also remind them that I was doing really really hard school work while I did ...