So, this is the start of what will be many posts that relate to my upcoming adventure to the wild outback of Australia . . . I guess its kinda of a lie to say I'll be spending my time roughing it in the outback but I sure am going to Australia.
Last January I applied to the Study Abroad Program here at UNBSJ and on the March Break I got an email saying that I'd been accepted for my first choice of University: Jame Cook University in Townsville Australia.
So, who am I and why am I going to Australia, you might ask? Well, I am a third year science student here at UNBSJ taking my BSc in Honors General Biology with a Zoology Major - in other words, I am a huge science nut. I LOVE what I study...really. i'm sorry I just can't help be fascinated by the miracles inside every living cell. I also work for the university: I spent my summer in a tent in the woods, wrapping moss for some Graduate Students' research ad now I spend my workhours in their lab pulling leaves off moss adn lookin gat them under microscopes.
As you might have guessed, I am planning on studing Biology in Townsville, which is really exciting to a scientist. The tropical Australian ecosystems are sooo rich and offer a completely different spin on biology from temperate New Brunswick. I going to take courses on things like rainforest and coral reef ecosystems, which I could never really take here as, well... Saint jOHn isn't exactly the tropical rainforest hotspot, in case you hadn't noticed. Plus, to study in Australia had been one of my ultimate dreams in life for pretty much since I was in utero, and my mom can vouche for that, but I won't go any further into that for now. And on that note, I will stop boring you with my science dribble. Peace.
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