Category: Australia
Exploring Sydney, Australia
| 06/06/2013 | Posted by Marie A Gleason under Australia, Short Term Programs, Summer Session |
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Submitted by Samantha O’Brien on the 2013 summer session study abroad program in Australia sponsored by the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics… My first week here in Sydney, Australia has been an absolutely marvelous experience. On my first day, I was introduced to the city with a tour of the Quay which depicts the…
Last Days in New Zealand
| 02/15/2013 | Posted by Marie A Gleason under Australia, Short Term Programs, Winter Session |
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Submitted by John Lodise on the 2013 winter session study abroad program in New Zealand sponsored by the Department of Marine Science and Policy… January 25th We woke for brekkie and then headed onto the coach to go to the museum of Te Papa near the wharf in Wellington. The Te Papa museum is…
Fishing in New Zealand
| 02/13/2013 | Posted by Marie A Gleason under Australia, Short Term Programs, Winter Session |
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Submitted by John Lodise on the 2013 winter session study abroad program in New Zealand sponsored by the Department of Marine Science and Policy… January 19th Seven of us woke up and packed lunch and a bag of clothes and were ready to go by 7AM. We chartered a boat out of the Raglan…
New Zealand
| 02/07/2013 | Posted by Marie A Gleason under Australia, Short Term Programs, Winter Session |
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Submitted by Rebecca Downard on the 2013 winter session study abroad program in New Zealand sponsored by The School of Marine Science and Policy… The next stop on our journey around New Zealand was the capital city of Wellington. Much like Portland, Oregon, or San Francisco, California, Wellington is built on a series of hills…
Studies in New Zealand
| 02/06/2013 | Posted by Marie A Gleason under Australia, Short Term Programs, Winter Session |
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Submitted by John Lodise on the 2013 winter session study abroad program in New Zealand sponsored by the Department of Marine Science and Policy… January 11th This day was one of the most memorable days of my trip to New Zealand. We headed out to Whakatane early that morning to board a small ship going…
State Library of Victoria!
| 01/29/2013 | Posted by Marie A Gleason under Australia, Short Term Programs, Winter Session |
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Submitted by Caitlin Goodhue on the 2013 winter session program in Australia sponsored by the Department of English…. When I was two years old, I had a Beauty and the Beast-themed birthday party in honor of the recently released Disney movie, which just so happened to be my “most favorite movie” at that time.…
Hamilton and the Free Weekend
| 01/28/2013 | Posted by Marie A Gleason under Australia, Short Term Programs, Winter Session |
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Submitted by Rebecca Downard on the 2013 winter session program in New Zealand sponsored by The School of Marine Science and Policy… After a week of going to regular lectures, an exam, and a short paper, the free weekend had finally arrived. That isn’t to say that our days in Hamilton were completely filled with…
Australian Open
| 01/28/2013 | Posted by Marie A Gleason under Australia, Short Term Programs, Winter Session |
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Submitted by Caitlin Goodhue on the 2013 winter session program in Australia sponsored by the Department of English…. My love for tennis began gradually. Sometime during middle school, I signed up for a casual tennis clinic at Trask Park in my town. (For anyone from Old Saybrook, Connecticut, I’m 99% positive it was taught…
Class on the Beach
| 01/28/2013 | Posted by Marie A Gleason under Australia, Short Term Programs, Winter Session |
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Submitted by Rebecca Downard on the 2013 winter session program in New Zealand sponsored by The School of Marine Science and Policy… Week 2 was a bit more academic than week 1. We took day trips to different marine habitats and took notes on the conditions and the organisms inhabiting them. We visited various…
Brambuk Aboriginal Cultural Centre
| 01/28/2013 | Posted by Marie A Gleason under Australia, Short Term Programs, Winter Session |
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Submitted by Caitlin Goodhue on the 2013 winter session program in Australia sponsored by the Department of English…. Warrnambool. That’s the name I just passed on a sign out in the middle of nowhere in Australia. Some of the names of the towns and cities here – like Warrnambool, for example, sound so native…