Kingsley College

Here's a picture of the beautiful Kingsley college. The campus may not be as nice as Houghton's, but the wonderful community of the college along with being so close to the city has made it one of my all time favorite places! :)

Aussie Rules Football

Australian Rules Football, otherwise known as footy, seems to be one of the biggest parts of Australian culture. One of our activities was to go see a professional footy match between two rivaling teams. We had a blast watching the game and my favorite part was that our tickets were free because the game was a part of our Engaging Australian Culture class. The game is similar to American football although at the same time very different. I especially liked the game because it is more action packed and fast paced then American football.

Night Life

One of my favorite parts of the city of Melbourne is the night life! Melbourne becomes a different city after dark so it is fun to go into the city and enjoy the fun! There are lots of restaurants, ice cream parlors, movie theatres, bowling allies, and so on to take advantage of in the evening. When we're short on cash, we like to walk around the city to people watch and take fun pictures. Here's one of the pictures we took after eating at a fabulous cheese cake restaurant!

Stay Left!

Dr. Shea, better known by our HDU group as "Papa Shea" is the Houghton professor who came as our on-site supervisor this year. It's been fun to get to know Papa and Mama Shea outside the classroom. We have become close as a group through our weekend trips. Spending up to five hours in the car each weekend singing, sleeping, and joking around as we explore Australia has been one of my favorite parts of being here. One of the on-going HDU joke is about Dr. Shea's driving, as we are constantly reminding him to "Stay Left"!