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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By alivingston68 | Views [211] | Scholarship Entry
My breath was taken away by the fresh mountain air. All I could see was an endless horizon of mountain tops being smothered by eucalyptus trees. This was my first visit to the Blue Mountains, and its vastness had already blown me away, it was a refreshing ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By jstella | Views [148] | Scholarship Entry
A change of plans is usually really annoying, so who would've thought that a simple cancellation would lead to an adventure? Certainly not my boyfriend Edward or myself. We were on a V-Line train halfway to Geelong when my nan rang me. "Milly's sick, ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By sarah-heubner | Views [196] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
13th September 2013. This date marks the day my trusty travel sidekick Mia and I attempted to hike from Zermatt to Hörnlihütte.? This escapade all began with a conversation with a scruffy looking nomad in our cheap dorm room the night before. He told ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By starvingfox | Views [143] | Scholarship Entry
I wake for the second time at around 11am. I wake to the clean light from the blind-less window illuminating my small, delicate white room with a happy glare, and the tender buzz of my banged up iPhone. It rests frankly, in the centre of the left side ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By thisearthisblue | Views [158] | Scholarship Entry
The pavement here is broken, but the jagged lines in the concrete are familiar to me and I am well acquainted with the dirt in the cracks beneath my feet. The walls here are tainted and grey, the light no longer bounces off them and the shadows of anecdotal ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By happycamper101 | Views [232] | Scholarship Entry
I’ve spent my whole life travelling, following my family around for my father’s work. I’ve seen Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the United Kingdom, growing up with my immediate family as the only consistent part of my life. In many cases, I’ve left ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By backonthemap | Views [363] | Scholarship Entry
We drove over the desert sand in the 4-wheel-drive vehicle over the white sand through what looked like sweltering desert. The vehicle stopped unexpectedly, and sixteen of us piled out of the vehicle. We stood amongst giant sand dunes and twenty-foot ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By shannonsazevski | Views [161] | Scholarship Entry
Like diamonds they twinkled, engulfing me in their entirety. As they called me to their concrete jungle, I felt more at peace amongst their buzz than I’d ever felt before. These city lights, though not the largest nor brightest in the world, were mine.... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By kailum | Views [109] | Scholarship Entry
My blistered feet tread rhythmically over the track-cum-swamp. A gush of wind knocks me sideways. I catch my fall, but the sudden force causes my walking pole to collapse into itself. I hastily re-extend the pole and continue moving forward in a daze.... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By girlintotheunknown | Views [154] | Scholarship Entry
Have you ever woken one morning and thought to yourself, ‘how did I get here?’ No, not as in one of those the-morning-after-the-night-before situations where you wake up in some strange place not knowing where you are (believe me, I’ve been there!) I ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By dust_mmm | Views [212] | Scholarship Entry
As I jumped from the cab to open the gate, a cloud of dust arose from where I stepped. The in-famous dust that I had always heard about but never thought could be so vibrant. I traipsed to the gate, unhinging the chain and swinging it away from me. I ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By laurapolson | Views [117] | Scholarship Entry
How did I end up feeling this way? Jealous. Jealous of other people’s experiences when I was supposedly doing the same thing? Discovering the world in attempt to... discover myself? That’s right isn’t it? The only way to understand how I got myself ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By nomadic-chef | Views [171] | Scholarship Entry
My mom wants to write a book about divorce. A book of perspectives of many different people who have endured it. Her aim is to create a book so that anyone who reads it might not feel quite so alone. I don't know about you, but knowing hundreds of people ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By leolouise | Views [128] | Scholarship Entry
Wake up. You are lying in your bed. Your bed is a white Holden Commodore that you share with an almost two meter tall man. It is still dark. You hear sounds from outside the tinny walls that are your home. Chatter and laughter, car doors being shut, zippers ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By jasminoides | Views [175] | Scholarship Entry
How could I forget one of the most exciting moment in my life? When I was 18 I have seen a movie which moved me tremendously. Not only the misterius story, but also the magical and wonderful place, which I knew very little about. Place so so far away ... Read more >
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