Expectations are a funny thing. They can mold and shape your opinion on anything. Whether they are high or low, expectations almost always find themselves to be vastly different from the realities of life. I couldn’t tell you what I expected this past week as I flew from Brisbane north to Proserpine. Hell, I’d only […]
No Waves, No Glory
Last week, Sarah and I hopped on a bus from Brisbane to Byron Bay, a backpacking, beach bum surfer’s paradise. If you have a trust fund back home and plenty of time to chill, this is the place to spend it all. As we walked down the street, travel companies made it rain with […]
Roo Roo Island Town
After flying from Sydney to the Gold Coast for a wonderful week at Aboriginal Camp, I made my way to Adelaide and then to Kangaroo Island on a miniature jumper plane to meet up with my family for my Independent Study Week. Kangaroo Island, a dry summer grassland with marvelous wines and cheeses, has preserved […]
Covering Australian Grounds
Before leaving the states I was asked several times, “So, are you ready?” as if I even knew what that meant. I couldn’t wrap my head around the idea of traveling across the world to an island where I would know only nineteen out of the estimated 23,720,000 people who make up Australia. Fifteen hours […]
It’s Getting Hot in Here
It’s really hot in Australia. That’s what I think science majors call a hypothesis, but then again I was never very good at science and relied solely on the study guides of left-brained friends who knew the difference between mitosis and meiosis by heart. (To me, they both just sound like fun pink drinks that […]