When we were little, and we played in the sand pit with diggers and dumpers, we used to joke that if we kept digging we would get to Australia. Sadly we never did, the bottom of the sandpit proving an impenetrable barrier to the magical land of strange creatures and endless sunshine. However on Fraser … More Life’s a beach
From planting young saplings to walking through ancient rainforest, this week has revolved around trees. We spent a morning volunteering with the UQ Sustainability Team planting trees at UQ Gatton campus. This campus is located about an hour away from the St Lucia campus and is Australia’s leading provider in the field of Animals, Agriculture, … More Trees Galore
No trip to Brisbane is complete without a trip to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary – the world’s oldest and largest koala sanctuary – and it certainly didn’t disappoint! Aside from the main attraction, the kangaroos, wombats and tasmanian devils proved to be pretty entertaining… But back to the Koalas. While I could write … More Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary
Despite a somewhat similar culture over here to the UK a few major differences are apparent, one of these being the ability to host a successful BBQ. The British BBQ experience, usually triggered by a glimmer of sun through the ominous clouds and cries of “Sunshine! Excellent! Let’s have a BBQ!,” has, in my experience, … More Why the Brits can’t BBQ
… or in the words of Adele, hello from the other side (of the world). The only island that’s a country, the only country that’s a continent and the only continent that’s an island; make no mistake about it, Australia is one big place. The long second flight certainly made me appreciate this. After landing in … More G’day from Brizzy!
1) December saw the arrival of the Christmas markets. Similar to the Edinburgh markets but on a much larger scale, there is a very continental feel to them. Despite an army presence they went ahead smoothly and the Grand Place looked beautiful with a big tree and a nativity scene that included a real sheep. … More It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
1) Not what you expect when spending time studying abroad, but for 4 days Brussels temporarily transformed into a ghost city with an army. Being confined to the residence wondering what was going on outside was pretty scary. 2) The whole thing was surreal. One picture caption summed it up perfectly: “journalists waiting to report … More Thoughts on the Brussels lockdown
1) The Forêt de Soignes is a continuation of the woods around the Abbey close to Flagey and it goes on for miles. It is really beautiful at the moment and when we got to the middle we couldn’t hear any cars. 2) We took a trip to Antwerp last week. Being students we were instantly … More Autumn, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Anne Frank
1) I went to visit the parliamentarium, which is the European Parliament’s Visitors’ Centre, in a bid to learn more about EU politics. I expected it to be quite boring, but by the end I was really interested. The EU has 28 member states and 24 official languages. After going through airport style security to … More Musings from a multi-lingual milieu #5
1) After a month in Belgium I finally tried Moules-Frites. They were definitely worth waiting for. Yum yum! 2) They do one kiss when they greet each other in Belgium. No actually, sometimes they do two. Or maybe it’s the French people in Belgium who do two. But no it can’t be because some of … More Musings from a multi-lingual milieu #4
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