Last year I went on exchange to Sydney. It was the most
amazing 6 months one can imagine. Here are e few things I experienced over
there, that I want to share with you.
The 3 Best Things about
Australia
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Diversity 1: metropolises, beaches, rain forests, deserts,
mountains, reefs…you can have everything in the same country.
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Diversity 2: You can find so many different cultures,
skin colours, languages living with and next to each other. For example were 30
% of Sydney’s inhabitants born outside Australia. And even those who were born
there usually have at least one parent coming from another country.
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TimTams: The most delicious chocolate cookies! J
The 3 Worst Things
about Australia
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Vegemite: it’s a spread that Aussies eat for
breakfast. It’s extremely salty and most foreigners would describe it as
disgusting. But Aussies seem to love it!
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They drive on the wrong side of the street: the first
time I was sitting in the drivers seat, I was really nervous about confusing
the sides. But luckily you get used to it quite fast. And then it was actually
even a bit weird to drive on the right side back home J
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The can absolutely NOT rely on the weather forecast: I
am still not sure if the meteorologists in Australia are so incompetent or if
the weather in Australia is simply too unpredictable. Anyway while I was there
I realized quickly there is no point in checking the forecast – it was just
hardly ever true.
The 3 Things you may
not have known about Australia
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the Capital City of Australia is Canberra (not Sydney!):
It has purposely been built to be the capital because they couldn’t decide whether
Sydney or Melbourne could be the capital. So none of them could and a new town
was designed instead.
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The Aborigines, the native people of Australia, have
already been living there for about 50’000 years. The Europeans only arrived in
the late 18th century.
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Camels are feral pests in Australia: they were brought
to the island in the 19th century for transport and construction
use. But they have expanded and are now becoming increasingly dangerous for
native animals.