Adrienne Wilson, 2011 South Queensland student blogger, writes: June 5 – 6 I’d just like to give a quick shout-out to Colin, who was an awesome friend, guide, and bus driver. I strongly advise anyone who is going on any of AUIP’s programs to really get to know everyone involved from the tour guides, the lecturers, the cooks, the hotel…

Adrienne Wilson, 2011 South Queensland student blogger, writes: May 31 – June 3 So we spent the past few days at Lady Elliot Island and it’s been so much fun! We flew over in two groups on this tiny seaplane (some lucky dogs got to sit up in front with the pilot). Check out the plane pictured left. The first…

Adrienne Wilson, 2011 South Queensland student blogger, writes: May 25 We left for Binna Burra today! The drive lasted around two hours. We had our first lecture, an introduction to the rainforest, in which we got to see some animal skeletons and learned to identify several plant species. We were also familiarized with the stinging tree – and were warned…

Adrienne Wilson, 2011 South Queensland student blogger, writes: May 22 We started off the day with a lecture on the Aboriginal Australians. We learned a lot about the Dreaming and some of the University of Hawai’i kids drew connections with Aboriginal belief and ancient Hawaiian history. After a lunch break, we made our way to the Queensland Art Gallery. While…