UNSW Library, Australia Travel Blogs

I'm still alive... barely
Apr 29, 2004

I've been insanely busy lately, ever since my teaching practicum began last week. I've been observing and teaching an Elementary level English class at the Australian Pacific College in downtown Sydney. There are 18 students in the class from Korea, ...

Finished... FINALLY!
Nov 19, 2004

I just needed to share with the world the fact that I have finished my last assignment of the semester, which is quite possibly the last academic paper I will ever have to write in my life!!!!! It felt like the never-ending assignment, way less exciting ...

All kinds of fun
Aug 26, 2004 (4 photos)

... . I heard that this year there's been a record amount of snowfall - it's the best snow in about 30 years! Snowboarding in Australia is quite expensive, but it was totally worth it to be able to say that I've been to Smiggin Holes (which Roy and H.G. ...

Tropical island escape
Jul 31, 2004 (10 photos)

... on the beach from our balcony, plus we each had our own queen-size bed! I especially appreciated the bed since the stupid UNSW housing office had given me a new mattress before we left that's basically just a big piece of foam. 2. Long Beach! The ...

ESL students say the darndest things!
Sep 14, 2004

... few weeks we have "birthday club", meaning people bring food to celebrate the month's birthdays. And tomorrow's my turn. By the way, in Australia people say "Hip Hip Hooray!" three times at the end of singing "Happy Birthday." Just thought I'd share.

A solo holiday
Sep 28, 2004

... it up? :) Everything turned out fine, and we had a great evening. I'm constantly aware of how little time I have left in Australia. During my walk from Bondi to Coogee the other day (one of my favorite things to do in Sydney), as I sat in the warm ...

Let the Games Begin!
Aug 10, 2004

... weekend I'm heading down to the snowfields of New South Wales for a day of snowboarding. Yes, you can snowboard in Australia! It's damn expensive and the mountains aren't all that impressive, but you can snowboard. Should be fun, especially since I'm ...

Highs and Lows
Oct 26, 2004 (2 photos)

The big news Down Under is that two of Australia's favorite couples have split up - Lleyton Hewitt & Kim Clijsters (both tennis players) and Mark Philippousis (tennis player) & Delta Goodrem (actress/pop singer). I don't know what's going on in the tennis ...

the joys of Easter break
Apr 18, 2004

... lawn party with a whole bling bling posse of scantily clad women. They made such a scene, because you don't see many black people in Australia. Everyone stopped to stare at them, but I don't think most of the Aussies knew who he was. I was like, "Oh my ...