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Can you imagine body surfing waves at Balding Bay on Magnetic Island? Or swimming through a coral overhang on the Great Barrier Reef? Or walking beside a kangaroo? Thanks to Oregon State student Reed Arce, you don’t have to imagine any of those things. All you have to do is watch his video capturing moments from the North Queensland program….
Continue readingIt’s no secret that Australia is known for its world-class beaches. But did you know that Australia’s beaches took eight of the ten awards for Trip Advisor’s 2011 Best Beaches? Back in January we told you how to use Trip Advisor for hotel picks, so you may already know that our programs visit almost all the Trip Advisor top beaches…
Continue readingEach week, National Geographic Adventure posts their favorite photos of athletes doing extreme sports around the world. This week we were proud to see a bodyboarding photo from Shark Island, Australia, which is outside Sydney, featured as the key image. We certainly know our students love the adventurous side of our programs regardless of it’s snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef,…
Continue readingWhat garners you strong internship experience, independent study credit, networking opportunities, a stipend, freebies and a preference for South Pacific in-country positions? That would be the AUIP Marketing Internship, of course! In order to be considered, candidates must (1) have completed an AUIP program, (2) currently be enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate or doctoral program at an AUIP partner university,…
Continue readingFor those of you who have participated on one of our South Queensland or North Queensland, Australia programs, it’s a pretty safe bet that you’ve grown rather attached to one of the ocean’s most majestic creatures, the sea turtle. Why is this a safe bet? Well, six of the world’s seven species of sea turtle can be found swimming off…
Continue readingVisitors to Australia always seem to comment on how happy the residents of the country tend to be. Well, it’s not just a perception any more. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has announced that Australians are truly the happiest people in the world. The OECD’s latest Better Life Initiative index ranked Australia the happiest based on a…
Continue readingIn 2009, the Australian government announced the establishment of a prestigious annual scholarship program to recognize the contributions of Mrs. Anne Wexler for her role in fostering Australian-American relations. The aim of the Anne Wexler Scholarships is to grow Australian-American educational linkages by building a network of public policy experts and to encourage ongoing policy exchange between both countries. The…
Continue readingSteve Parish, award-winning wildlife photographer and Order of Australia recipient, is celebrating his 50th year of photographing Australia. Steve started his career photographing marine life on Australia’s coast line and in the years since, he has spent much of his life traveling Australia, capturing the land, its wildlife and its people in spectacular images. To celebrate his work he has published…
Continue readingAlyssa Lai, 2011 North Queensland student blogger, writes Home is, indeed, where the heart is. It is a little bittersweet to be back in Florida when my heart is still most definitely in Australia. Since I’ve been back, the jet lag is been horrible and I’ve barely slept a wink (I think my body is secretly waging a war to keep…
Continue readingAlyssa Lai, 2011 North Queensland student blogger, writes: G’day from Cairns! We’re in our final twelve hours in Australia, and the tearful goodbyes are going to begin soon. Since my last post, we finished our second day at the Great Barrier Reef. It was just as amazing as the first day. We saw a whole school of huge humphead parrotfish, a…
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