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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…
Continue readingAdrienne 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…
Continue readingAdrienne Wilson, 2011 South Queensland student blogger, writes: May 29 We arrived at Noosa beach today! Along the way we had a lecture about ecotourism and that I found pretty interesting. Our place at Noosa is called Noosa Caravan Park, pictured left. May 30 Today was a free day. I woke up early to finish my last module and to…
Continue readingAdrienne 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…
Continue readingAdrienne 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…
Continue readingJune 10, 2011 is a day that I will remember for the rest of my life, because I was stuck in it for 36 hours (talk about Twilight Zone). Four flights and three hours of driving later I found myself laying in bed at home in Northeastern Pennsylvania about to close my eyes and drift off into dreamland, when suddenly…
Continue readingAlyse Horn, 2011 New Zealand student blogger, writes: During our last week in New Zealand Penn State and Virginia Tech really got to experience the marine life as well as the unique off shore and mainland island sancutuaries found in this country, which is something we have all been waiting for. This past Saturday we split into two groups and went hiking and kayaking in Abel Tasman…
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…
Continue readingAlyse Horn, 2011 New Zealand student blogger, writes: Fox Glacier is found in South Westland, New Zealand and has been recorded to advance at up to four meters per day, and guess what? We climbed it on Tuesday. Just another tag to the awesomeness of New Zealand’s diverse ecosystem, the glacier is found surrounded by rainforest. Huge amounts of snow and…
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