Then and Now; Flashback to knowing nothing Finals have ended and we are now wrapping up a wonderful semester full of adventure and experiences. I am going to take the time to reflect on ‘then’ and ‘now’ and look back on what I have learned in the past three months. THEN I signed up for […]

Over the past few weeks the Australian Lewis and Clark College gang has learned about the basic biology behind a few of the country’s most fascinating natural occurrences. At the beginning of this trip I wrote about Darling Harbour and Nemo’s triage of fellow fish that escaped its sheltered waters back to the Great Barrier […]

One of the things we love about Portland is the food culture, and as a result we’ve been very interested in the similarities and differences between Australian and U.S. approaches to food throughout our stay. In many ways, Australia and the United States have strongly overlapping food cultures. Familiar meats, vegetables, and fruits abound. But […]

Dreaming of a time without papers, presentations, and exams; away from Brisbane and any thoughts of classes or my senior thesis… I give you… A baby Lorikeet. While this isn’t the clearest picture, he looks exactly like this: Thinking forward to our time at Lamington Plateau, where according to my calendar we will be participating […]

Sorry this took so long to post, there have been a few technical difficulties, but here is some summary of our time back in Sydney during the week of Australia Day! We’ve been busy travelling around and learning about the vast diversity of culture here in Australia. I guess the place we last left off […]