The worldwide Augustana College experience
Last weekend a group of 10 of us rented a large house boat and went cruising around the closest rivers and canals north of Sydney. With none of us having any formal boat training we were a little anxious to see how we would do with a several hundred thousand dollar boat that was just [...]
Posted on February 17th, 2009 by Simon Granner
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Posted on February 16th, 2009 by katharine-fulginiti
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G’Day Mates! Our newest adventure here in the Land Down Under was Mojo Surf Camp. The surf camp was a six hour bus ride to Crescent Head Beach. It was a unique experience because the two day camp allowed us 15 hours of surfing on a beach to ourselves. We arrived to Crescent Head on [...]
Posted on February 11th, 2009 by robbin-cooley
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Taking full advantage of our increasingly hotter temperatures we have been fully packing our weekends with trips to Sydney’s local beaches, the petting zoo, aquarium and the Blue Mountains. One of my favorite beaches here in Sydney is Manly Beach. Our beach days are generally start with me lugging around my enormous surf board through [...]
Posted on February 3rd, 2009 by Simon Granner
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The 3 Sisters
Posted on February 3rd, 2009 by robbin-cooley
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Posted on January 28th, 2009 by katharine-fulginiti
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Bronte beach is with out a doubt one of the most gorgeous beaches I have ever seen in my life. It is relatively small in size compared to the massive size of Bondi Beach. It is surrounded by hills lined with million dollar villas, reminiscent of an Italian hillside. The perfectly warm sand combined with [...]
Posted on January 27th, 2009 by Simon Granner
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Wednesday was “Party Day” at the Sydney Observatory; day -to -day tours and events in the museum stopped while approximately 120 ambitious youngsters participate in numerous astronomical activities. Rocket launch, an extensive paper airplane station, and face painting were set up outside, along with a harp player and gelato (ice cream meets sorbet) stand. [...]
Posted on January 25th, 2009 by katharine-fulginiti
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G’Day Mates! Yesterday the “hot news” was Obama’s inauguration. When most people realized that I was American they would immediately begin to ask how I felt about Obama and then give their opinions of him and other U.S. political issues as well. It is strange to me because I have a hard time keeping up with [...]
Posted on January 21st, 2009 by robbin-cooley
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I met Rob, a Chicago native, in the Sydney airport Friday morning. As we stood in line to exchange currency, I learned that Rob had just quit his job at a large banking firm in Chicago to travel Australia for two months. It turns out that Rob, who is about to turn 40, recently realized [...]
Posted on January 17th, 2009 by katharine-fulginiti
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