At GWU, life feels very career orientated. Most students have one or two internships on top of a full course work load. Many, including myself, seem to be finding satisfaction and worth through advancing their career. However at Bond Uni, life feels more life orientated. While many Aussie students have had internships, they have them when school’s not in session. This allows them more free time and appears to help them enjoy the moment and life as it passes. If the cultural difference was Will Ferrel’s bedroom in Stepbrothers, American rooms have two separate beds to better rest up for their interviews whereas Aussie’s make bunk beds to have more room for activities. I hope to find a balance of the two, but I have no idea how the beds are going to stack up.
On par with Australia’s sporting culture, Bond University organizes weekly sports events for its students in which the different campus dorms compete against each other. This week was volleyball (the courts are on campus), and my dorm happened to win.
A bus ride away from Bond Campus is the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, which nurses hurt wild animals back to health and has domesticated kangaroos you can hang with. This photo demonstrates Australia’s commitment to protecting wildlife as well as their unique animals.Bond University reside’s in the Gold Coast, a seemingly apt name.Before the English settled Australia, indigenous people inhabited Australia. Now it’s important to take steps to preserve their culture. In this photo, we’re learning a dance that Aboriginal used to welcome others to their territory.The campus centerpiece of Bond University or “Bond Uni” (Australians don’t like to say words longer than three syllables).
