Destination: Australia

2 more sleeps till I leave

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 | By atish | Views [574] | Comments [1]

Hi all.. I just wanted to send out a group goodbye, as I won't get to see you all before I leave.. Thank you for all your happy thoughts and well wishes for my trip, I hope it exeeds my expectations and makes me appreciate all that I have that little ... Read more >

some more pics

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 | By cjaus | Views [507] | Comments [1]

hey everybody! just a quick note to put up a few more pics! enjoy! Chels' albums: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2014878&l=9fcdc&id=129500485 http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2014879&l=0389c&id=129500485 Jeff's ... Read more >

Gallery: Pingyao

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 | By bobandcie | Photo Gallery

Brisbane

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [3828] | Comments [1]

Brisbane is another really nice city. I did plan on doing a few things from here, but time has been eaten up with nothing in particular and I'm more and more conscious of money (I'm spending too much!). I'm staying at another YHA hostel, which is not ... Read more >

Tags: onward planning, sightseeing, sport, the planning phase, walking

Back to normal...Ende des Midterm Break

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 | By jane0815 | Views [507]

So, wir schreiben immer noch das Jahr 2008, aaahhh, was mich daran erinnert, dass ich noch nicht einmal drei Monate hier bin (aber fast!!!) Die Zeit verast und stockt zugleich. Heute hat nach meinen zweiwoechigen Semesterferien wieder die Uni begonnen, ... Read more >

Off Into the Nether Nether

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 | By onthebus | Views [554] | Comments [2]

We are heading off into the bush and will be out of phone/internet range for maybe a week.  Will be in touch after that... Or If you prefer it in Haiku: Heading into bush No mobile no internet For a week.  It rains.

Tasmania!

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 | By lijanne13 | Views [974]

Arrived on Friday night in Hobart, Hannah picked me up from the airport amd took me back to hers in Dodges Ferry around 30mins from Hobart. Their ANZAC BBQ was in full swing, had some yummy food but everyone was way ahead in the beer stakes so felt a little ... Read more >

Feet on the ground, hands in the soil

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 | By niels_diemeer | Views [511] | Comments [7]

Hi everyone from Holland and Norway! On sunday the 6th of april my friends Tom and Marieke brought me early in the morning to Schiphol Airport for my flight to Perth via London and Singapore. I got some hours of delay in London because of snowfall and ... Read more >

Done Done Done and...almost there

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 | By marge | Views [340]

Dear World, I am all done with 3 of my 4 assignments and I have 1,500 words (needs 1k more) of my timber plantations paper finished. If you're interested...this is my website I have created http://www.wright.edu/~case.17/Site/Home.html take particular ... Read more >

staying eating drinking

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 | By bobandcie | Views [693] | Comments [5]

ladies and gent, the title is one of the many chinglish we came upon on the road... this one is on every windows in Pingyao's guesthouses'. others include "you can make a group by your own" or "no lodge on  the wall" ( as no sleeping ... Read more >

Myuna Bay Sport & Recreation

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 | By backyard_adventurer | Views [1079]

With the ANZAC long weekend there was an Active Family Getaway camp held at Myuna Bay Sport and Recreation Centre. It's a beautiful place to work with large open areas, new accommodation for guests and friendly co-workers, except it doesn't do so well ... Read more >

Gallery: Midterm Break- Roadtrip II

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 | By jane0815 | Photo Gallery

The Death of Trees or the Death of Me?

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 | By marge | Views [329]

2,500 words on timber plantations? that's 5 pages. 10 when double spaced. I don't have the time or the patience for this. I go to proof-read and I get bored, which mean it's a bad paper but how INTERESTING can timber plantations be? Too bad it's ... Read more >

Melbourne and Around

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 | By george | Views [5265] | Comments [5]

Arriving in Australia for the first time, things started well when the beach-babe immigration woman stamped my passport, smiled and said 'see you later' in an enthusiastic Australian voice. Getting from the airport to my city-centre hostel was cheap ... Read more >

Tags: grampians, great ocean road, melbourne, phillip island, wilsons prom

Are there Jews in Stella Street?

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 | By marge | Views [360]

So Danny and I have a paper in which we need to write about the class politics embedded in children's literature. He checked out (without mush investigation): "Between 'Race' and Culture: Representations of 'The Jew' in English and American Literature"... Read more >