G’Day Mates, Today I visited the Turtle hospital where the more sick turtles that will take more time and special care before released back into the wild are kept. There were four turtles kept there. Penny, Woodson, Auntie and Bella. At the hospital I changed each turtles filter and someone cleaned the dirty ones. We … Continue reading Truly a great experience today in Cairns #Australia
30 days or less and we will depart. One last meeting on junio 9th at Clearwater campus.
I am happy to share that India has had a profound impact on my life after just a few short days! One might think the trip is about converting to another religion or just to see the differences and similarities in our two countries. But, for me, my beliefs, dreams, convictions, and aspirations are stronger because … Continue reading Keep Moving Forward! #India
Days six presented itself with a curious turn. Although I am expecting to spend a great deal of time in Athens, partially due to my lack of listening, I am pleasantly surprised when I hear we are actually headed about three hours away to the town of Delphi. Thanks to the long ride to our … Continue reading Day Six in Athens
I would say that it was definitely worth the wait to finally be able to land and explore Australia! The first couple of days we were able to explore and go on a couple excursions…it definitely allowed us to see how vast and diverse Australia really is. Monday we stayed on the mainland and were … Continue reading Our first couple of days in Australia
My first experience in Australia was visiting Fitzroy island’s sea turtle rehabilitation center. We were able to assist in food preparations as well as cleaning and maintaining the sea turtle tanks. The turtles had similar diets that consisted of prawns, cuddle fish, shrimp, bait fish, and lettuce heads but each turtle had it’s unique preparation … Continue reading Australia: working with sea turtles
Today I had the pleasure of working on Fitzroy Island at the Turtle Rehabilitation Centre. What an experience it was to see such massive docile giants up close and personal. At the island I was taught how to feed, clean, and the history about each of the turtles at the centre. Jenny our team leader … Continue reading Helping Sea Turtles in Cairns, Australia
We went to the Cairns Turtle Rehab on Fitzroy Island. After work though we were able to snorkel and we just happened to run into this little guy. It is a Green Sea turtle. We learned that as they grow older they lose their scutes and just become more round in shape. They can live … Continue reading Sea Turtles in Fitzroy Island #Australia
Get ready! Our study abroad students are headed to China! When we asked Professor Dawn Joyce, leading our SPC group, what she is most excited to see she answered “one of the New 7 Wonders of the World: The Great Wall of China!” The students will marvel at China’s cultural and architectural beauty and get … Continue reading China – The Final Countdown!
We left Cairns for a tour of the coastline of Northern Australia particularly where the Daintree rain forest meets the coast. We were very fortunate to get George, an endogenous driver as our guide. He added so much of his history to the tour and he was not shy in sharing! We made our way … Continue reading Rain forest meets coastline #Australia