{"id":3023,"date":"2013-07-25T18:42:11","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T06:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auip.wordpress.com\/?p=3023"},"modified":"2013-07-25T18:42:11","modified_gmt":"2013-07-25T06:42:11","slug":"student-perspective-carnarvon-gorges-vast-history-and-strenuous-hiking-engage-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/student-perspective-carnarvon-gorges-vast-history-and-strenuous-hiking-engage-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Perspective: Carnarvon Gorge\u2019s vast history and strenuous hiking engage students"},"content":{"rendered":"

Caroline Marion, 2013 South Queensland<\/a> student blogger, writes:<\/i><\/p>\n

June 24<\/p>\n

\"Carnarvon<\/a>

Carnarvon Gorge creek<\/p><\/div>\n

The last destination that we embarked to during our time in the land down under was Carnarvon Gorge<\/a>.\u00a0 Carnarvon is known as the bush, which leads into the Outback<\/a>. I have seen countless episodes of Animal Planet\u2019s \u201cI Shouldn\u2019t Be Alive,\u201d<\/a> which usually feature the struggles individuals encounter while in this harsh environment, so I felt confident that I knew what I was getting myself into. Well, it seemed as though the Hollywood green screen had fooled me yet again, because the area was actually quite different than how it had been portrayed. It was a grand place. It\u2019s the kind of location that you just have to take a step back and really take it all in. It\u2019s full of huge mountainous structures, expansive canyons and creeks. The bush certainly was not what I expected. I was delightfully surprised.<\/p>\n

\"Caroline<\/a>

Caroline hiking in Carnarvon<\/p><\/div>\n

I must say that in regard to physical stamina, this portion of the study abroad experience required the most from us. On the first day, we hiked approximately four miles. The hike took us through the most exotic forest that I had been through, well ever. We saw wild kangaroos and enjoyed walking with one another and learning even more about our peers\u2019 and leaders\u2019 personal stories. Let\u2019s face it, when you\u2019re walking miles on end with each other, the conversation (along with the scenery) is the only thing keeping you going, so you really get into it!<\/p>\n

\"NC<\/a>

NC State students at Carnarvon<\/p><\/div>\n

The following day we hiked over nine miles. Nine miles, yes, you heard me correctly. And not only nine miles, but also up hundreds of steps. The hike challenged us, and we all joked that we had quite the quad workout!<\/p>\n

Aside from the physical challenges, Carnarvon also provided the opportunity to learn more about the Aboriginal people. Upon the arrival of Western civilization, Aboriginal people in Australia were severely mistreated, similar to Native Americans in the States. Hearing their stories broke my heart, but at the same time, inspired me knowing all that they have overcome and achieved. We heard first-hand the story of a local Aboriginal man and saw a ceremonial site containing over two thousand ochre stencils, engravings and freehand paintings along a sandstone wall.<\/p>\n

\"Stencils<\/a>

Stencils and engravings at the Art Gallery in Carnarvon<\/p><\/div>\n

Carnarvon Gorge was undoubtedly one of my favorite places I visited during my time in Australia. Its history was vast, and I feel that really captures a lot of the essence of what is Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Caroline Marion, 2013 South Queensland student blogger, writes: June 24 The last destination that we embarked to during our time in the land down under was Carnarvon Gorge.\u00a0 Carnarvon is known as the bush, which leads into the Outback. I have seen countless episodes of Animal Planet\u2019s \u201cI Shouldn\u2019t Be Alive,\u201d which usually feature the struggles individuals encounter while in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,22,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2013-student-blogs","category-australia-south-queensland","category-student-perspective"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3023\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}