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Life of the Southern Continent
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During Summer 2012, I traveled with Duke to study biogeography in the spectacular, diverse landscape of Australia. From camping in the Outback to scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef to hiking in the Rainforest, the Australian wilderness was my classroom for the first two weeks. With the professor teaching along…
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Life of the Southern Continent
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During Summer 2012, I traveled with Duke to study biogeography in the spectacular, diverse landscape of Australia. From camping in the Outback to scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef to hiking in the Rainforest, the Australian wilderness was my classroom for the first two weeks. With the professor teaching along…
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Life of the Southern Continent
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During Summer 2012, I traveled with Duke to study biogeography in the spectacular, diverse landscape of Australia. From camping in the Outback to scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef to hiking in the Rainforest, the Australian wilderness was my classroom for the first two weeks. With the professor teaching along…
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Life of the Southern Continent
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During Summer 2012, I traveled with Duke to study biogeography in the spectacular, diverse landscape of Australia. From camping in the Outback to scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef to hiking in the Rainforest, the Australian wilderness was my classroom for the first two weeks. With the professor teaching along…
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Postcard from Abroad
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Dear Global Education Office:
During our time in Australia, we studied island biogeography, essentially attempting to understand the correlation between the distribution of organisms and the unique geography of Australia. One of the most intriguing places we visited was Kakadu National Park. It was here that we observed breathtaking termite mounds…
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Postcard from Abroad
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Dear Global Education Office:
Even though the Duke in Australia program focused on island-based evolution and Australia's flora and fauna, our time at the University of New South Wales near Sydney allowed us to experience Australia's urban culture. The best example of this was the opportunity to visit Sydney's world-famous opera…
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Postcard from Abroad
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Dear Global Education Office:
The pic is while Susan Hilbig and I were on a snorkeling trip up at Cape Tribulation to see the Great Barrier Reef. I spent several hours that day just drifting along in the waves, watching the neon colored fish, the giant sea turtles, the skates and…
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Kata Tjuta rock formations
- rock formations in Alice Springs area
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Baobob Tree
- Baobob Tree
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Students in front of rock monolith
- Rock monolith
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Skydiving in Australia
- Dan Piech skydiving in Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia. Dan spent the Fall 2007 semester studying at James Cook University in Australia.
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Crystal Creek, Australia
- Danny Mistarz jumping into Crystal Creek outside of Townsville, Queensland. Danny spend the Fall 2007 semester studying at James Cook University in Australia.
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Postcard from Abroad
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Dear Global Education Office:
While in Australia for four weeks this summer, I studied island biogeography. We learned in a manner that was extremely hands on; discussions included why it was safe to swim with a freshwater crocodile but not with a saltwater crocodile, where cane toads come from, why they…
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Postcard From Abroad
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Dear Global Education Office:
Studying in Australia for a semester is the best decision I have made during my time at Duke. I love being submerged in a completely new surrounding and yearning to broaden my horizons on a daily basis.
While this picture was ironically not even taken in Australia,…
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Postcard from Abroad
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Dear Duke Global Education Office:
This semester, I traveled from Melbourne to Australia's heart, the Outback, with a course called "Exploring Central Australia." There, we spent seven wonderful days camping out by night, listening to lectures by Aboriginal elders by day, and constantly learning about the peoples and the landscapes that…
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Magnetic Island - Queensland, Australia
- Raf Cordero waking up in a hammock on Magnetic Island off the coast of Nothern Queensland, Australia. Raf spent the Fall 2007 semester studying at James Cook University in Australia.
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Sunrise in Queensland
- Dan Piech "Hailing the Dawn" on a mountain top in Northern Queensland, Australia. Dan spent the Fall 2007 semester studying abroad at James Cook University in Australia.
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Parrot feeding at Sydney zoo
- parrots picture
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Postcard from Abroad
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Dear Global Education Office:
Of all the memorable times in Australia this summer, one of the best was our stay in Daintree National Park in Queensland. Our few days there were loaded with exciting activities such as sea kayaking, horse riding, bushwalks, and my favorite, snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef.…
