Yesterday my roommate Maggie and I went to Dream World, a theme park on the coast, which features the Big 5 Thrill Rides: The Claw, The Wipe Out, The Tower of Terror, The Giant Drop, and The Cyclone (which was closed, but that was OK since it's probably the least thrilling of the Big 5). Basically, Dream World was awesome. A few days earlier we ( Read more... )

In Brisbane I live with three other American students in an apartment that Arcadia (the school in the US that handles all of financial and logistical details of me studying in Australia. You pay Arcadia, and the Arcadia pays your bills and tuition in Australia. Or in my case I pay Mudd, Mudd pays Arcadia, and Arcadia pays Australia) has rented ( Read more... )

This is a sign on a street behind my school in Australia:


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Australia Zoo (May 18)
    It's Steve Irwin's zoo!

Mornington Peninsula (February 11-13)

Melbourne (February 14)

Brisbane

Sydney (March 2-3)

Blue Mountains (March 4)

Koala Sanctuary (March 11)

Tasmania (March 14-18)
    Launceston
    Cradle Mountain

North Stradbroke Island (March 23-25)

Melbourne (March 29-30)

Great Ocean Road (March 31 - April 1)

The Outback (April 6-14)
    Ellery Creek Big Hole
    Ormiston ( Read more... )