As the fireworks lit up Darling Harbor for Australia Day, or Survival Day as a more appropriate term, I stood with friends on a park table in Victoria Park, adjacent to my location of study, The University of Sydney. The rain drizzled down, but it felt needed in the swarm of humidity. It definitely wasn’t […]
In the Land of Oz
We spent our first official day in Australia touring Sydney and looking at all the landmarks such as the Sydney Opera House and the Botanical Gardens. What struck me more than the landmarks was the way Sydney integrated the old and new. Sydney built on top of the old and worked with what was already […]
Ready to Walk a Marathon
This week I walked more than I ever have (aside from hiking or running) in my life. Sydney brings blocks and blocks of food, bars, shops, malls, and miscellaneous business districts with every step. Each part of the city is a bus or ferry away; yet everyday I find myself traveling over miles of its […]
Australia’s natural and unnatural world
At the top of a mile-long staircase I stood at Evans lookout in the Blue Mountains and stared at the edge of the world. Beyond a few eucalyptus trees I saw nothing but mist. We are at the edge of the world in a quite literal sense. To get here we time-traveled over Friday, January […]
In the Land of Oz
Our first official day was spent going around Sydney and looking at all the landmarks such as the Sydney Opera House and the Botanical Gardens. What struck me more than the landmarks is the way Sydney has integrated the old with the new. Instead of completely getting rid of certain buildings, they simply build on […]