I was fortunate enough to attend two different Rugby matches at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia. At each of these matches, I was able to experience completely different economical lifestyles. While attending these games, I learned a lot more about the Australian culture and their national identity. On the 21st of February, my host-father and […]
The Life of a Surf Bum
One backpack, one T-shirt, one swimsuit, two bro-tanks, a couple pieces of underwear, a wallet, a tube of sunscreen, a broken phone and a determined and adventurous attitude are essentially the components that have driven my Australian semester abroad thus far. The concept of being a ‘light-packer’ has truly been employed in many excursions throughout […]
My Amelia Earhart Moment
You can only bring 10kg Nat – our trip leader said. You really only need your togs (the Australian nickname for swimsuit), a pair of dry clothes, beach walking shoes and sunscreen, she continued. With this in mind we prepared for our journey to Lady Elliot Island. The island is so small that it takes […]
F**k the Wright Brothers (In Poem Form)
This is a poem about flying on planes. Planes, like the big metal tubes in the sky That should not, cannot be there It just does not make sense. This is also a poem, about how In order to travel in Australia, You travel a lot. In planes. So here goes, because even talking […]
Rediscovering Science
As dusk fell in the rainforest and the sun burned a dying orange band across the eucaplypts, our field biology instructor told us his worst nightmare: letting a baited mammal trap go unrecovered through the night, with a furry bush rat or antichinus starving inside. For the next two hours, our group of seven students […]