If you’re in Australia and homesick for that Portland vibe, Melbourne is the cure. For the week of our spring break, Lu and I traveled down the east coast of Australia to the hip, happenin’ city of Melbourne, and it didn’t disappoint.   Melbourne doesn’t necessarily look like Portland; its buildings and apartments are much […]

“the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” — H.P. Lovecraft If you had asked me three months ago whether I thought that was true, I would have told you to shove off. Everyone knows spiders are far worse that the […]

It’s a strange feeling when you realize how much of your life can fit into a relatively small backpack. I had this feeling for the first time a few weeks ago when we said goodbye to our homestays and set out into the bush. For the remainder of our time in Australia, the term “home” […]

The last few days of the trip have definitely been my favorite. There is not a lot to complain about when you get to go Island hopping off the coast of eastern Australia. After ending our adventure exploring the Great Barrier Reef our group began to travel to a new island where we would all […]

Post for the week of 3/2 -3/8 (the wifi struggle to get these uploaded was absurd) What a wild and crazy week this turned out to be! The week was chock full of interesting classes. We learned about Australia’s vast wealth of natural resources (mostly from mining), a little bit about the enormous sporting culture, […]