 | Can't take me anywhere...
2008-01-30, Wollongong, Australia. By: jharrison | | Things that have happened since last time we spoke, the highlights...
1. Went house hunting with Leela
2. Submitted an application for the 2nd apartment we saw (2 bed, furnished, 2 bathroom, sep... |
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 | My Last West Wollongong Rotary Meeting
2007-11-07, Wollongong, Australia. By: jamie_fumo | | Tonight I attended my last Rotary meeting at my host club of West Wollongong. Thank you to the entire club for making my experience in Australia unforgettable. Particularly I would like to thank Bruc... |
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 | Melbourne Cup
2007-11-06, Wollongong, Australia. By: jamie_fumo | | The Melbourne Cup horse race is a big deal in Australia especially this year with a horse equine influenza affecting and quarantining many Aussie horses. Melbourne Cup Day is fixed for the first Tuesd... |
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 | Aussie Halloween
2007-10-31, Wollongong, Australia. By: jamie_fumo | | I was surprised to find out that Australians do not celebrate Halloween – guess I just thought Trick or Treating was a universal thing. Who doesn’t love to wear a costume to get free candy?
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 | Canadian Thanksgiving – Who knew?
2007-10-07, Wollongong, Australia. By: jamie_fumo | | Some of the closest friends I have made since I arrived in Wollongong have been Canadians uni students - yes I realize I’m in Australia and not Canada. So when I was invited to a Canadian Thanksgivin... |
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 | Blood Red Moon
2007-08-28, Wollongong, Australia. By: jamie_fumo | | Last night I was able to catch a glimpse of a rare lunar eclipse in which the Moon, Sun, and Earth were in total alignment, turning the moon a deep red - a blood moon. The eclipse started around 7pm... |
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 | Daffodil Day
2007-08-29, Wollongong, Australia. By: jamie_fumo | | Last week for 2 days I helped The Cancer Council of New South Wales during their annual fundraising Daffodil Day event on the campus of UOW and at the North Wollongong train station. The Cancer Counc... |
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 | Rotary Activity Updates
2007-08-18, Wollongong, Australia. By: jamie_fumo | | Since I have returned back to the ‘Gong and started my second semester at UOW, I have continued to be active in various Rotary activities. I have spoken at the Rotary clubs of Drummoyne and Berry-Ger... |
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 | Launceston to Wollongong
2007-08-01, Wollongong, Australia. By: jamie_fumo | | On our last day in Tasmania Kelly and I explored the most spectacular sight in Launceston – the sheer cliffs of the Cataract Gorge carved out by the South Esk River. We walked across the Gorge on the... |
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| The Gong to Melbourne
2007-05-30, Wollongong, Australia. By: jamie_fumo | | Kelly took me to the Wollongong airport for the start of my Australian travels. My flight to Melbourne was good and I caught the airport shuttle into the city. I stayed the night in Hotel Bakpak and ... |
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 | Rotary Meetings/UOW Rotaract Biggest Morning Tea
2007-05-24, Wollongong, Australia. By: jamie_fumo | | This week I attended 3 Rotary meetings, giving speeches at the Fairymeadow/North Wollongong club, Bulli Rotary club, and West Wollongong club. At the West Wollongong club I was joined by another Amba... |
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 | St. George Illawarra Rugby
2007-05-18, Wollongong, Australia. By: Jamie_fumo | | Wednesday after the Rotary meeting Sarah, Pam, and Sophie gave me an Oreo cheesecake for my birthday with way too many candles on it but I guess thats what happens as you get older. The cake was grea... |
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 | MUNA/Red Shield Appeal
2007-05-20, Wollongong, Australia. By: Jamie_fumo | | Monday night I attended a UOW Rotaract meeting and Wednesday I went to the West Wollongong Rotary meeting. It was a good chance to catch back up with my host club and they gave me a cake for my birthd... |
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 | Flat Stanley's Visit
2007-05-14, Wollongong, Australia. By: jamie_fumo | | Unlucky for him, Flat Stanley decided to visit on a weekend when I was doing uni work for my classes and just hanging out in the ‘Gong. However I did take him to the beach and to see the Wollongong li... |
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| Flat Stanley Arrives
2007-05-10, Wollongong, Australia. By: jamie_fumo | | I got a surprise in the mail today – Flat Stanley from my friend Allison’s son Grayson. For those of you not familiar with Flat Stanley he is a character from a story who is flatten when a billboard f... |
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 | Gundi Residents Dinner
2007-05-06, Wollongong, Australia. By: jamie_fumo | | This evening all of the residents at Gundi went to dinner at Amigo’s Mexican Restaurant in Wollongong. Currently there are 25 grad students from all over the world living in Gundi and it was a nice c... |
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| Iris and Ken
2007-05-03, Wollongong, Australia. By: jamie_fumo | | In the summer of 2000 between my junior and senior years of college, I headed out solo to backpack around the Mediterranean through Italy, Greece, and Egypt. Despite that I was traveling alone, I had ... |
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 | UOW Rotaract Change-Over Dinner
2007-04-27, Wollongong, Australia. By: jamie_fumo | | This week has been full of Rotary activities. On Tuesday evening I visited the Rotary Club of Wollongong to give a speech. It went well and I got visited back to speak in a couple of weeks to the Int... |
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 | ANZAC Day
2007-04-25, Wollongong, Australia. By: jamie_fumo | | This morning at 5am I went to an ANZAC day memorial service in the city center of Wollongong along with over 2,000 others. I was surprised at the number of people who were willing to get up so early ... |
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 | We've bought a wan!!!
2007-04-15, Wollongong, Australia. By: sarahnstu | | Well we’ve finally found a van. Our original plan was we’d buy a camper van for our 2 months travelling around but they were a lot more expensive than we realised. So instead we’ve been shopping aroun... |
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 | Mum and Dads last few days in OZ
2007-03-18, Wollongong, Australia. By: sarahnstu | | Sunday 18th March was Mothers day (in the UK not Australia). We went up to the Balgownie pub in the afternoon as Wills band was on again. Mum and Dad actually got up to Jive at one point and the local... |
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| Uni Break Plans
2007-04-20, Wollongong, Australia. By: jamie_fumo | | Things here in Wollongong are going good. I think after 2 months of being at UOW I have finally gotten into the routine of being a student again. Between my assignments and working at the School of E... |
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 | Boolarng Nangamai “Together Dreaming”
2007-03-24, Wollongong, Australia. By: jamie_fumo | | I went to an Aboriginal Art and Culture Studio called Boolarng Nangamai, meaning “Together Dreaming” in Aboriginal, with some other international students. At the studio we were able to see contempor... |
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 | Symbio wildlife park
2007-03-06, Wollongong, Australia. By: sarahnstu | | We went to Symbio Wildlife Park on 6th March. We followed the keeper around as he was doing the feeds and a talk on each animal. We had a talk on the koala bear and were even allowed to stroke him. If... |
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 | Mum and Dad arrive
2007-03-01, Wollongong, Australia. By: sarahnstu | | March 1st and mum and dad arrive at Sydney. We picked them up early in the morning and took them back to our apartment. We had a walk along the coastal path then went back home so they could have a sl... |
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 | LITTLE BRITAIN
2007-02-25, WOLLONGONG, Australia. By: sarahnstu | | On Sunday 25th February we went to the entertainment centre, Wollongong to see Little Britain Live. I wasn’t really sure how it would work on stage but it was brilliant. They had a big screen for the ... |
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| Valentines day
2007-02-14, Wollongong, Australia. By: SARAHNSTU | | We treated ourselves on Valentines Day to a meal at the Lagoon restaurant. This is probably one of the poshest restaurants in Wollongong; it’s situated on the beach right next to the Lagoon. We had a ... |
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| General day to day
2007-02-01, Wollongong, Australia. By: SARAHNSTU | | When Vicky left things quietened down quite a lot, we had to give our livers chance to get back to normal. So we started doing normal things like Stu boxing on Tuesday and Friday nights, I joined Uni ... |
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 | UOW Rotaract World's Greatest Shave
2007-03-14, Wollongong, Australia. By: jamie_fumo | | Today with the UOW Rotaract, a Rotary-sponsored service club for young people usually university-based, I helped with the World’s Greatest Shave fundraiser for the Leukemia Foundation. The World’s Gr... |
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| What's Going On
2007-03-15, Wollongong, Australia. By: jamie_fumo | | Everything in Wollongong is going good so far. I’m taking 3 courses this semester on Learning about Adult Learners, Implementing Innovations, and Global Education in the 21st Century. I had to turn in... |
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 | Wollongong Baby Capsule Rental
2007-03-07, Wollongong, Australia. By: jamie_Fumo | | This morning I went with Bruce to the Wollongong Baby Capsule Rental operated by the Rotary Club of West Wollongong. In Australia it is mandatory that all babies under the age of 6 months are seated ... |
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 | Around the campus at UOW
2007-03-07, Wollongong, Australia. By: jamie_Fumo | | I took some pictures around the campus today for everyone to check out. The University of Wollongong was established in 1975 and today has 23,000 students of which about 8,000 are post-graduates and 9... |
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 | Australian Citizenship Ceremony
2007-02-28, Wollongong, Australia. By: jamie_fumo | | I was able to attend the West Wollongong Rotary meeting this week for the Australian Citizenship Ceremony in which immigrants to Australia take their final oath to become Australian citizens. It was t... |
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| CHANGE OF EMAIL ADDRESS
2007-02-28, Wollongong, Australia. By: SARAHNSTU | | Hi folks still having problems with my email. I have now set up a hotmail account. My new address is sjastles@hotmail.co.uk. Please re-send anything you sent to my old one as I haven't been able to ac... |
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 | O-week at UOW
2007-02-22, Wollongong, Australia. By: jamie_fumo | | I’ve moved into my apartment but am still awaiting the arrival of my roommate. My apartment is only a few blocks from Wollongong’s North Beach and Wollongong Harbor. However, it is about a 40 minute w... |
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 | First Rotary meeting with my Host Club
2007-02-14, Wollongong, Australia. By: jamie_fumo | | Tonight I attended my first meeting of the Rotary Club of West Wollongong, my host Rotary club, with Bruce, my host counselor. The club has 26 members and seems to be very active in the community. The... |
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| Happy Valentine's Day!
2007-02-14, Wollongong, Australia. By: jamie_fumo | | Happy V-day to everyone! The weather is very cool and breezy for the summer which is nice and for a country in the middle of a drought it is raining alot but I guess they need it.
The last few da... |
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 | Sightseeing around the 'Gong
2007-02-11, Wollongong, Australia. By: jamie_fumo | | After going to mass in the morning, Gail and Bruce took me sight seeing around Wollongong. We started by heading up to Mt. Keira to get a full veiw of the city and the Illawarra area (which is the are... |
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| Orientation to Wollongong
2007-02-10, Wollongong, Australia. By: jamie_fumo | | The last few days I've been trying to just used to a new city and catch up on some sleep. I did manage to get a cell phone and open a bank account - yeah I have money now! Bruce and Gail's daughter Al... |
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| Arriving in Australia through NZ
2007-02-08, Wollongong, Australia. By: jamie_fumo | | 5:30am I arrived in Auckland NZ stayed for an hour or two only to reboard the same plane to then fly to Melbourne Australia. It was then a 7 hour layover in Melbourne and finally a flight to Wollongon... |
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| VICKY LEAVES FOR ENGLAND (OR DOES SHE???)
2007-01-28, WOLLONGONG, Australia. By: SARAHNSTU | | 28TH Jan, Vickys last day so she wants to top up her tan before she flies home. We hit the beach and she decides she doesnt need any suncream if she wants to look really dark when she gets home. Needl... |
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 | THE BIG DAY OUT
2007-01-25, Wollongong, Australia. By: SARAHNSTU | | The 25th of January my birthday and we were off to the Big Day Out at Olympic Park, Sydney. We left Wollongong (me, Stu, Vicky, Al and Chris)early as we were leaving the car at Karens in Coogee. We go... |
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 | SKY DIVE
2007-01-24, WOLLONGONG, Australia. By: sarahnstu | | God only knows what possessed us to book a sky dive but we did. I woke up early on the morning of the jump with a really dodgy tummy. Vicky and Stu seemed relatively calm. When we got there we all met... |
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| JAMBAROO WATER PARK
2007-01-17, Wollongong, Australia. By: sarahnstu | | On Wednesday 17th we went to Jambaroo water park. We took food down for a bar b q for lunch. The first place we went to was the wave pool. We sat on big rubber rings and got lashed about everywhere, w... |
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 | O GOD VICKY HAS LANDED!!!!!!!!!!
2007-01-11, Wollongong, Australia. By: sarahnstu | | Vicky arrived on Thursday 11th Jan,well prepared sitting at the airport in a big woolly jumper in unbearable heat. We took her straight to our apartment as she was quite tired. Not sure if it was the ... |
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 | CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR
2006-12-27, WOLLONGONG, Australia. By: SARAHNSTU | | We were really chuffed to be invited to Prattys mums for christmas and went up on the 23rd December with Jules and Pratty. Roz (prattys mum) made us feel so welcome that we felt like it was our second... |
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 | Settling into Ozzy life
2006-12-09, Wollongong, Australia. By: sarahnstu | | Hi all. Sorry for not keeping you updated since arriving in Sydney but we shall do our best now.
Pratty picked us up from the airport and took us to his house in Balgownie. This is just down the ro... |
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