March 2010
1 post
February 2010
7 posts
Surfing, Sightseeing, and So You Think You Can...
I’ve been quite awful at keeping up with updates for my Aussie blog, especially since I promised myself I would maintain it on a regular basis! There’s a lot to say about the last few weeks, time is moving by way too fast and it’s sort of freaking me out.
A few weeks ago, some friends and I took a bus tour through Byron Bay and Nimbin, with a few stops in between. Nimbin was.....
O Week, Beaches, Oh Yeah… and Classes
Written on 23 Jan 2010
My Digital Media and Society lecturer has his own copyright. How cool is that? PS- everything’s so casual here, you don’t have professors. They’re called lecturers and you usually just call them by their first name.
Sorry, time to backtrack. Orientation or “O” Week here at Bond Uni was a lot of fun! It was nothing like I expected—basically, there was an info hub to get...
The Name’s Bond. Uni Bond.
Written on 11 Jan 2010
It feels like freshman year all over again: the overwhelming new school, new people to meet, new activities to do. We hopped on another flight this morning from Cairns to Brisbane and now we’re finally at Bond University where we’ll spend the semester (or as the Aussies call it, we’ll be attending “Uni” here on the Gold Coast). The drive from the airport was about an hour...
January 2010
2 posts
G'Day Mates!
Written on 8 Jan 2010
After saying goodbye to my family and best friends, about 22 hours of flying, and dealing with the butterflies in my stomach for weeks pre-trip, it’s still hard to believe I’m really here- in Australia! I’ve had so many mixed emotions and amazing experiences… and it’s only been 2 days. The program I’m studying abroad through, Australearn, includes a 5-day orientation in...