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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By ramirukun | Views [177] | Scholarship Entry
I remember telling myself not to cry. I remember thinking, "If you do, they'll think you're guilty. So, don't cry. Whatever you do, do not cry!" The customs police, however, were making that very difficult. They kept their faces blank and their questions ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By violavaloriani | Views [339] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
No matter how hard I try to ignore the compelling urge to drink that is making my throat parched and dry, my burning thirst gets the better of my laziness. With much effort and body protesting, I try to get out from under the arms of Morpheus, just the ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By bne2bay | Views [227] | Scholarship Entry
Beside the hustle of Valley traffic, excited feet lead our expeditions five minutes to local places - gelato, Rubberband Alley, graffiti and ‘walk on boots’. Will, Lone, Rosie and I are captivated by a pair of knee-high brown leather boots. Eyes sparkling ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By carolinebagust | Views [209] | Scholarship Entry
“What the?” was all I could think the first time I saw a stuck pig. At the age of 8 I was hardly what you could call sheltered when it came to food, eating all that was ever on my plate gave me a healthy appetite for trying new things. The day was slowing ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By gregmoskovitch | Views [714] | Scholarship Entry
I rolled my window down as the visage of the Opera House fanned through the interstices of the Harbour Bridge—a hollow ribcage composed of steel trusses and granite pylons through which Sydney's mass transit system runs. Trains course through arches in ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By slaird16 | Views [148] | Scholarship Entry
Wake up early, make new friends and have fun in nursery, pay attention and behave well in primary school, study hard in secondary school, get into university, actually attend your classes and stop staring at the pretty girl in front of you, write a dissertation ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By jamestrotter | Views [218] | Scholarship Entry
Forty minutes west of Lithgow and fifteen minutes off the highway, a bathtub sits beside a gum on the highest point of the farm. Technically, it’s just one paddock. The hills and clumps of dense Stringybark gums make it hard to tell, but if you spend ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By emilycassar | Views [193] | Scholarship Entry
Warm drips of freshly cooked soy milk ran down my finger as I shifted in my seat. Mrs Lau had welcomed me with a cup as we came into the tightly squeezed two bedroom apartment. We were there to learn about the Lunar New Year. The air was still thick ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By emmyb | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By emmyb | Views [531] | Scholarship Entry
“We’re really getting into it now” Andy yelled over the never ending bumps of the never ending corrugated road. The Dead Kennedys blasting through the potent red dust and bushfire smoke. I drift back into my train of thought, trying to decide if the ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By downtheroad | Views [152] | Scholarship Entry
I sit in the back seat of Jay’s worn out station wagon, leant against the window to avoid the surfboards. Years of this salty lifestyle have given her a voice of her own and her break pads shriek as we turn off the Margaret River highway, and begin ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By jmillerjtm | Views [393] | Scholarship Entry
Somewhere just south of the tropic of Capricorn is where the motel - rather, a cluster of glorified sheds - stood on a forlorn strip of highway in the thick of nowhere, covered in plumes of loose, red dirt. Red. Clothes faintly stained with red; the ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By fstevenson | Views [161] | Scholarship Entry
I have always believed to see a city, it must be walked. So this was the way I saw Sydney. After a few hours in the Hyde Park Barracks, I wondered what was further up the road and went see what I could find. A short distance later, I came to the hospital ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By michaelmackenzie | Views [1340] | Scholarship Entry
There's nothing like that moment when the cabin doors finally open. You draw a mouthful of fresh, unrecycled air for the first time in hours. You look at your watch, and you're hours behind, or ahead maybe, you don't know. The morning light is harsh, ... Read more >
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Wed, 17 Apr 2013 | By vickisampson | 
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The magnificent Yasuni Biosphere Reserve is a National Park at the head of the Amazon River Basin. It plays host to a remarkably diverse selection of fauna and flora, as well as being home to indigenous Indian people that still cling to their traditional ...
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