Back in June we told you about an emperor’s penguin’s surprise visit to New Zealand. Since then the penguin, named Happy Feet, has been getting up to all sorts. After being left alone on the beach in the hope that he would return to the sea, Happy Feet started eating the sand and became sick. Penguins when they are too hot…
Continue readingCan 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 readingAUIP staff in Christchurch are enjoying working from home today as the city has been hit with its heaviest snowfall in 16 years. Residents woke to a foot of snow that had fallen overnight. That snow coupled with further heavy falls during the morning has brought Christchurch to a relative standstill with the airport, universities, many shops and public…
Continue readingAUIP Programs that visit Sydney will often head to the Blue Mountains with Discovery Walks Talks and Tours for a day filled with magnificent views and knowledgeable guides. This year with 30 guests, young and old, Blue Mountains Discovery Walks Talks and Tours celebrated Australian Heritage Week 2011 with a guided walk along the remarkable Grand Canyon Walking Track at Blackheath. Since 1907, the Grand…
Continue readingAs part of the Fiji program students spend a day and a night in Votua Village. For the time that they are in the village they are allocated a host family who they stay with and participate in village life with. Evaluations always show this experience to be a program highlight and the SUNY-Brockport program this year was no exception….
Continue readingFor those of you who have been on the New Zealand program you would have most likely visited the beautiful Hinewai Reserve and met the charming Hugh Wilson. Sadly, last week a fire caused by a lightning strike destroyed a third of the reserve. The Hinewai Reserve includes more than 12,000ha of gorse and regenerating native bush. It has more than…
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 readingFor our recently returned study abroad students, we’re sure you cannot stop thinking about all the picturesque scenery you observed, unique places you visited and cool people you met. To help our New Zealand students look back at the welcoming country they called home for nearly a month, we share with you this video. Maybe we’re just biased toward New…
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 readingAdrienne Wilson, 2011 South Queensland student blogger, writes: June 11-13 The last couple days of the trip were quite a blur. A few of us got the chance to check out Fraser Island, a World Heritage site famous for its purebred dingoes. It was a fun day filled with bumpy rollercoaster-like roads and a lot of learning. Here are some…
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