During my studies, I went on an exchange to Brisbane, Australia for six months (from February 2010 to July 2010 inclusive). Brisbane is the capital of Queensland, one of the eight Australian states. The city is located in the middle of the east coast of Australia. It felt utmost strange arriving in the summer of the sub-tropical Brisbane in January after have left the French winter in the Northern Hemisphere a day ago.
So why Australia of all the many country?
It was one of the (very) few English-speaking country my school offers for the student exchange programme alongside with London. But I think basking in the sun, surfing, petting kangaroos and koalas and the idea of being in the smallest continent in the world itself for 6 months beats hanging around the small, cold, and rainy island ANYTIME!
Australia was kind of a dream for a born-and-bred European like me, and so was the 24-hour flight which came later…
I stayed for five months in Brisbane with occasional trips to places around while studying and then during the last month – July, I spent 30 days travelling, seeing wonderful places and meeting awesome people !
A little preview:
Jim Jim falls, Whitehaven beach, Uluru, Great Ocean Road