So long and farewell to Australia

So long, farewell, and to next year’s students, good luck.
It has been a great year, but despite that, I’m ready to go home. My internships have ranged from Whitehorse, Yukon in Northern Canada to Launceston, Tasmania–about as far apart as I could possibly get–and I’m travelled out.
It is time to curl up by a fire with a hot chocolate and bailey’s, and write my travel stories. There have definitely been some funny moments–
Getting stuck in London at Christmast last year. The whole town shut down, the self-catering kitchen at the hostel was closed. My christmas dinner was red wine and mars bars…
Discussing world politics with an African, an Irishman, and an American while drinking through two curfews. We called it quits when the preachers started preaching through megaphones at 4am…
Waking up to snow in the Blue Mountains in Australia. Who knew it snowed in June in Australia…
Watching my Austrian roommate push my English roomate home in a shopping cart. Andrew had blisters on his feet and couldn’t walk, or so he says…
Journalists with the Launceston examiner do not have internet on their computers because they might use it to check their e-mail. The result–bloody hard to do background research on stories…
Screaming like a girl when I walked through a very large spider web…–
Tomorrow, I’ll be getting on a plane, my 5000 pictures, portfolio of stories and collection of summer clothes (not sure what I’ll do with those!) in tow, and head home. It’s been a great year, met some fabulous people. I wish everyone the best of luck–my classmates from this year who are looking for work, next year’s class, and Don, John, Desley and Julie for putting up with us all year.
Take care everyone!