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End of Australia

Its hard to believe but tomorrow I leave Australia.  5 months has certainly flown past.  I just finished my final exams up on Friday (yesterday), so it’s a great relief to have them over with since they were worth 40-45% of my final grade for each unit.  Throughout this whole week people have been leaving to go home as they finish their final exams, its been hard to say bye to people that I’ve talked to over the past few months.  Hopefully we can still keep in touch over Facebook and Skype.  I would strongly recommend doing a study abroad in Australia, and making the trek to Perth.  Even though its off the beaten path of Sydney and Melbourne it is really worth to experience the true Australian way of life.

 

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My favorite city award goes to: Sydney

Perth is a great city that has the feel of a smaller town but I loved all that Sydney had to offer.  The many sights and attractions make it Australia’s best city that I have visited.  If you’re looking to travel to Australia make sure you check this city out. 

 

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I’m going to miss the great weather Perth has had.  Its been raining as of late but even in the middle of “winter” its still about 65-70 for a high, can’t complain about that.  Running along the Swan River toward the city and running through the scenic King’s Park were some of my favorite past times that I will surely miss in the future.

 

I’m not looking forward to the 24+ plane ride home but hopefully are goes smoothly and I arrive home safe! 


Location: Perth, WA

Relaxed.

This was the first week since I’ve been here that I haven’t traveled on the weekend outside of Perth.  It was nice to relax and write postcards and just lounge around.   I found out that Oprah was Australia earlier in the year.  To the Aussies this was a really big deal, now there’s going to be a lot of American Tourists. 

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On Saturday I ran through a part of King’s Park, around sunset, which was really calm and peaceful.  Saturday night I ate at McDonalds (they call it Maccas) for the 1st time.  Sadly there’s no dollar menu here, a Big Mac was $4.85.  Also Subway’s foot-longs are $7 instead of $5.   It’s so weird that everything here closes so early.  On Friday’s almost all the shops downtown close at 5 and public transportation stops running at midnight.  They don’t have any Wal-Mart’s so the only thing open 24/7 are the gas stations. 

 

Its coming up on 2 months since I’ve been here, hard to believe.  The weather is finally starting to cool off a little, its been in the high 80’s in the day and around 70 at night.  The upcoming weeks are going to be busy, I have 2 exams and 2 papers due before Easter break starts on April 22nd.  


Location: Perth

First Week of Uni

The first week of school is in the book, so to speak.  This week was pretty laid back because we only had lectures, no labs.  Campus is pretty spread out so, it takes almost 25 minutes to walk to the other end where I have a business and Sport Science class a few times a week, it’s a good workout.  Tuesday was the hottest day since I’ve been here it was a little humid and 104.  When I across the road I still look both ways because I don’t trust myself, its better than the alternative of getting hit by a truck. 

 

I’m in the midst of trying to make mid-semester break plans.  Its crazy to think that PSU students are on Spring Break as I write this and we’ve only begun class.  Anyway I really want to stay in Western Australia and explore for break I’m not sure if I want to go north or south just yet.  I met up with 2 exchange students who were at PSU last semester, it was great catching up with them, and they’re an excellent source of knowledge.

 

On Saturday me and 2 other guys from Tommy More went to a AFL (Aussie Football) game in Subiaco, a beautiful town about 15 minutes away.  If I could live in Western Australia I think I’d live there, its so beautiful and laid back.  Anyway the AFL game was a blast, there’s so much action going all the time.  We got quite lucky and got 2nd row seats, for the semi-final preseason game between the West Coast Eagles and the Collingwood Magpies.  The home team lost, (Eagles) but the game was so much fun.  Everything closes early in Australia, so the busses had stopped running.  We thought it was about a 20-30 minute walk back.  So we browsed around Subiaco and got some ice cream and milkshakes and started to walk, and walk, and walk, and walk. And walk some more.  The 3 men were starting to get close, so they stopped and asked for directions.  Turns out we were going the wrong way.  We walked and walked some more until we made it to King’s Park which overlooks Perth at night, it was stunning.  After the panorama we eventually made it back to Tommy, 10 km (6 miles) and 2.5 hours later. 

 

Now its back to the grind, week 2 of school is in full swing with lectures and labs.  On a positive note the weather has cooled down quite a bit, to the mid 80’s.  Who knows what adventures will await this week! 


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Location: Kings Park, Subiaco, UWA