Adventures Down Under
After landing and getting settled in here in Sydney, I quickly started to realize how amazing this city really is. For the first few days,... Read More
Newcastle & Surprise Birthday Party
Three nights ago, my friends threw me a surprise 22nd birthday party. After one of my housemates and I went up to Newcastle for a... Read More
2300 km. 3 friends. Sydney. Melbourne. And in between.
What do a lot of international backpackers do here in Australia, from what I seen in the ‘backpacker’ district on Victoria Street? They either rent... Read More
Mid-Semester Break Adventures
After the ninth week of the semester, we had a week long “mid-semester break.” (They don’t call it “spring break”). I went on an amazing... Read More
Silly Season
For all the on-campus residential colleges, the first week was called “Silly Season”. Each day of the week there were an assortment of social activities... Read More
Settling into the University of Sydney
USyd hosted a 2 day orientation for incoming abroad students. There were people coming from all over the world; in particular, there were heaps of... Read More