Last December, on Christmas Day, I went on a once in a life time camping trip to Australia with my explorer unit. We were going for three weeks and four days. There were around eleven people from Bexleyheath and about twenty-four people from Yorkshire going. There were four girls from Bexley and only one girl from York whereas the rest of the people from England were male, including the leaders. There were over eight-hundred explorers from all over the world going to the Australian Venture, including people from Australia, Indonesia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Japan, Papa New Guinea, and England. Everybody had to camp in one massive field, which consisted of more sand than grass. By the end of the camp everyone had orange shoes, due to the fact of the red sand everywhere. We were camping at a place called Fairbridge in Perth, which is in Western Australia.
Around eight o’clock on Christmas Day, all but one person from the Bexley Explorers met up at a meeting point, and we all got a minibus to Gatwick airport. The drive was long but we kept ourselves entertained by talking about the trip and how much fun we were going to have doing all the different activities. We also took many pictures on the journey so after the camping trip we could look at the photos and remember all the good times we had. We got to the airport, and met up with the person that had come by car, and weighed our luggage. We had to wait a couple of hours before we got the flight but that was alright because had plenty to do, such as go duty free shopping, and exchanging our pounds, to dollars. When we finally got our plane tickets, and swapped our plane seats for ones that were next to our friends, we got on the Emirates aeroplane. W had to get a flight to Bangkok a...
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...tayed up until very late. On the last day in Margaret River we had to pack our bags and tents away and we got on the coach to Fairbridge. When we got back from our expeditions we met up with our friends and some of us went into town. We went to a place called Mandurah most of the days we were there and went to the shopping centre. It didn’t cost us any money to travel there because the bus was free which was good.
After the two weeks staying in Fairbridge we had to go back to Freemantle and stay there for another two days. We spent the two days there spending the rest of our Australian dollars, and playing table tennis in the hostel. At the end of the two days we got the coach to the airport and got a plane to Dubai. We then had to get a plane to Bangkok and at Bangkok airport we had to say goodbye to the northerners because they had to get a plane to Manchester.
The 1961 US Freedom Rides were an immense driving force within the African American community seeing as the participants— mere students who were part of an activist group called the Congress of Racial Equality (CoRE)— refused to give up on protesting for what they believed in even when being violently attacked by those who strongly opposed them. It is obvious that their perspiration and determination to achieve their goals would inspire many and, due to the ever increasing inequality and dehumanising behaviours directed towards Australian Aborigines during the same time period, inspiration was exactly what was needed to begin protests and activisms much like those conducted within America. Throughout the time period that followed the US Freedom rides, Australian Aborigines partook in their own activisms which included a Freedom ride that is believed to have been inspired by those that took place within America.
Nasht’s depiction of Frank Hurley’s journey into Antarctica raises the importance of discovering new ideas and values which shape his journey as an “odyssey”, a classical allusion to Homer’s epic poem, His journey of discovery challenges many assumptions and questions Hurley’s society had sought represented by epic film music and indirect interviews to portray the feeling of excitement and adventure, portraying an assumption that discovery can lead to new experiences and new worlds. Nasht’s juxtaposition of Hurley’s dramatic archival footage to the modern recreation of the journey evokes a sense of excitement and a change in beliefs, where previously people didn’t know what adventure felt like. Images of large and grand icebergs signify a new sense of discovery in an uncharted world which becomes important to those on the ship, Endurance knowing that they are risking their lives to experience the nature of the world that no one has even sought and being the first to answer the challengers of discovering and exploring new worlds and experiences. The clever synthesis from shifts of Elephant Island to Hurley’s daughters provokes a sense of discovering something personal, as “the places he explored left a mark on him and his photography”, where Hurley’s daughters rediscover their father’s experiences. The daughters are overwhelmed by the desolation of the ice and space, which becomes significant for them, as they relive the memories and the experience of their father when he journeyed to
We reached Montreal at 7:30 that evening and secured dockage at the Royal St Lawrence Yacht Club. We took a cab to dinner at the Airport Hilton. I have very little recollection of that stop or the setting. It did, however, mark the completion of the first leg of our four-leg journey.
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Smith, Ramsay W. Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 2003. Print.
The trip began when I took a small green pencil and signed by name on the release forms needed to hike in Yosemite National Park. I and nine of my friends left the ranger station that night with a neatly folded map and a felling of excitement to what lay ahead. The long drive to the park left us tired and in need of a good night’s sleep. We decided to stay in tent city like most hikers do before they set out for their trek. Tent city was a large subdivision of tents that resembled a community of houses. Each tent was perfectly uniformed in its appearance and made up a total of fifty tents. Before we went to bead, we studied our maps and made an itinerary to the amount of hiking we would do.
It was May 25, 2013 when I, accompanied by my friends, went on a journey that would change my life. We departed ourselves, very early in the morning, from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, not knowing what lied before us on this mysterious trip. The airport was filled with many international people and everyone was in a hurry to reach their desired destination. It was hectic, but we gradually made our way through the very thor...
Throughout recorded history, humans have been defined by a desire to know ourselves: Where did we come from? How did we get here? Where are we going? Many questions are directed towards our appearance as a species and subsequent populating of the earth, -- piece by piece. One particularly large piece of the earth is Australia: a continent, a country, and a mystery in human history.
Australian identity is something or someone that represents Australia, in a positive or negative way, is up to interpretation. Songs and poems have been written about Australia, but how well do they represent us. In our Australia Day special we will be reviewing our National Anthem Advance Australia Fair, and seeing how well it represents our culture, practices and lifestyle.
There are many different ways of living in our Multicultural Australian Society, but is there a right one? You could be either rich or poor, Catholic or Christian, skinny or fat, popular or unpopular, all of which are different ways of living. The poems which Komninos composes, the article written by Laura Demasi and the television show Big Brother, all explore the aspects of living in an Australian society and the affects they have on people.
Australia day is a time of celebration and joy to many citizens of Australia, however, for some people, it is not all just fun and games. The Aboriginal people have been protesting for Aboriginal rights in and around Australia day for many years now. Why do the Indigenous Australians have a legitimate grievance to what Australia day commemorates? Many lives were lost during the taking of Australian soil, and all Aboriginal rights weren’t considered. The Aboriginal culture and history is just as, if not even more interesting than the traditional Australian history. Finally, Aboriginal celebrations aren’t recognised as an official national holiday, and because of this, when these events do occur, they can swiftly be shutdown by Australian Officials.
Believe it or not but there are still places that have embrace the cultures from their past. Australia embraces their heritage and the natural people who were there before the Europeans came to inhabit the area. Australia is also known for their scenery such as highlands, lowland, beaches and large cities. The animals located in Australia are very unique, the kangaroo is the animal thought to be the symbol of Australia. Most people in the US think of Australians as a completely different kind of people but the truth is they are very similar.
Before I came to Australia, I did some backgrounds preparation and familiarized myself with its landscape, accent, animals and etc. So when I arrived in Sydney in January, everything is anticipated, except Australians’ mighty passion on celebrating the Australia Day. Despite my shallow understanding of Australia’s history, I am entirely affected by the atmosphere. I can still remember the busy city swelled with parades and many people had their face painted or wore flag capes. All the barbeques, fireworks, and people’s excitements make the event like a giant carnival. And interestingly, similar things happened again in the following Anzac day.
Once we got there it was a totally different experience from living in my old house in a little country town. Granted, Morristown isn’t a bustling city but it is much larger and has significantly more to do than where I had previously been. Where I came from we didn’t really have entertainment in the forms of populated malls or things of that nature, but instead we had to come up with our own fun. For example: riding dirt bikes, playing games, or playing with toys and whatnot. I transferred into the middle of the school year in 2nd grade. Not knowing a soul was pretty tough at first but the students I came to know treated me well. Most of the people I met there I ended up growing up with and becoming close friends
I was able to spend a lot of time with my family, our friends, and play all sorts of games. This experience made me start to like traveling. Every time I would get the chance to travel, I will take that chance. We were able to go to a theme park, eat many delicious foods, and play many video