Taoyuan to Tainan / Anping Kenting Taitung Hualien and Taroko Gorge Back to Taitung before the typhoon The Aftermath, Taitung, and Luye Taipei HUGE thank you to Ben and his family for hosting me. Taiwan was beautiful! Continue reading Ni Hao Taiwan
Melbourne, St. Kilda, and Great Ocean Road Tasmania, Hobart, and Port Arthur Cairns, Kuranda, The Great Barrier Reef, and Daintree Rainforest Sydney, Bondi, and Whales Continue reading Mom and Dad Came to Visit – A Visual Post
Finals! I was lucky to only have two “official” finals. My Plant Biology class had its last unit test which functioned as the final during the last week of class. This meant I didn’t have to cram all the cumulative material for a final, for which I was thankful. Wildlife Ecology and Sex, Race, and … Continue reading Finals and Goodbyes (But Hopefully Not Final Goodbyes)
Hello again, So the next few blog posts are coming out waaaaay later than they were meant to have been published, but that’s life. Since some of the material has already been written I’m going to keep up the tenses and wording, so just imagine you’re reading this a month ago when it happened. —————————- … Continue reading Study Week, or, Grampians and Taxidermy
Dearest readers, Hello once again. I can see it coming – it’s the beginning of the end to my exchange experience. Now I don’t think I’m a terribly sentimental person, but I know there are those who will disagree. I may soon start to agree with them. This past week was the last week of classes and … Continue reading The Last Week of Classes, or, Friends and Pizza
Hello once again! I never know how to start these things…nice weather we’re having? Actually, no. The winter weather here in Melbourne is 8 times out of 10 cloudy and windy. Also, I don’t think our heaters are working, but it’s not too bad as it only gets down to the low 50’s F right … Continue reading Sun-Soaked Sydney, or, Limping To Lecture
G’day mates, Congratulations to all the seniors who have graduated!!! The semeseter here is absolutely flying by. Three more weeks until finals and the pressure is building! It may be me adopting the “no worries” attitude or just my increasing apathy towards school, but why is finding the motivation to study so hard?? Luckily (or … Continue reading Surf’s Up Dude, or, Trampolines and Trauma
Hello avid readers, I am writing to you bundled in a blanket with a steaming cup of green tea to my right and a box of tissues not to far on my left. Although my immune system triumphed during the early weeks of study abroad when many people seemed to fall a little ill – … Continue reading Ouch My Thighs, or, Tea and Cough Drops
Howdy folks, To those of you currently caught in the throes of dead week/finals week – keep holding on, you can do it! Perhaps this little blog will be a reprieve from thinking about last minute papers and chemical functional groups. It’s still midterm season here so while I send some positive vibes your way, please … Continue reading Art and Commentary, or, a 20 Foot Drop
Hello avid readers, It is midnight and I finally find time to write this little blog for you all…perhaps a bit later than it was expected to hit the press. Instead of riveting coverage of beautiful vistas and intriguing wildlife, this blog will cover the more mundane and, er, academic? Well the fact is that … Continue reading Post-Easter Break Blues, or, The Library is My Home
Ian Out Back 