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China Study Tour – Day 6
Day 6 Authors: Courtney Bristow, Cristian Di Iulio, Xinying Xie Our first daytrip outside Shanghai began with an early rise to catch a bus to Suzhou. We drove through the criss-crossing freeways, away from the towering high-rises, to the picturesque town of Suzhou. We began at the Suzhou Museum – an elegantly designed building that […]
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China Study Tour Day 3
Day 3 Authors: Lily, Gab, Clare Morning Lecture We began the day three with a captivating lecture on Chinese intellectual property law presented by Professor Liu Yongpei. It was a very informative lecture which delved into the nitty-gritty of trademark, copyright and patent law. For many of the us, this was our first encounter with […]
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Biodiversity Planning and Regional Australia Study Tour Day 7
Our last day on tour started with a bracing walk up to a lookout point near Rawnsley Bluff, to be rewarded with glorious views back into Ikara (Wilpena Pound). Then a long drive back to Adelaide. It will take a few days for all of the experiences to sink in. Over 7 days we […]
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Biodiversity Planning and Regional Australia Study Tour Day 6
Iga Warta is a cultural centre set up by the Coulthard Family on Adnyamathanha land near Nepabunna. We participated in welcome to country, story telling, ochre painting, and visited the Malki rock paintings that marked the departure point for men and boys leaving for ceremonial meetings in the gathering place known as Ikara (Wilpena Pound). […]
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Biodiversity Planning and Regional Australia Study Tour Day 5
A long day on the road today- Borefield Track to Lake Eyre, then down to Marree, home of the old Ghan Railway with the oldest mosque in Australia. Then down the Oodnadatta track to ghost town Farina, gradually being restored by volunteers from around Australia. Next stop Iga Warta in the Vulkathanha Gammon Ranges. […]
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Biodiversity Planning and Regional Australia Study Tour Day 4
A long drive from Arid Recovery to Iga Warta in the Gammon Ranges. Welcome to country by Terry Coulthard. Lucky to encounter Paul Monaghan linguist and anthropologist from Adelaide Uni who explained the process of language loss in indigenous communities across Australia. Ochre pits, and ancient cave art tomorrow.
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Biodiversity Planning and Regional Australia Study Tour Day 2
Day 2 Andamooka’s moon like landscape, trapping bettongs at the Arid Recovery Centre at Roxby Downs, campfire classroom, and a tour of the huge Olympic Dam mining site extracting copper, gold, silver and uranium.
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Space and National Security (Nebraska, U.S.A) Study Tour – Day 6
The crisp breeze gently wafted through the metropolis of Washington, D.C. as we awoke to the next day of our trip. Today was the day that we would embark upon a journey to the American Congress, the institution responsible for countless important domestic and international decisions. After an early breakfast at the hotel we departed […]
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Space and National Security (Nebraska, U.S.A) Study Tour – Day 5
Eager to make the most out of our first and only free day in Washington, we started off with a 6am wake-up call in order to watch the sunrise over the National Mall. Though it was a brisk morning in D.C., we ventured to the Lincoln Memorial where we were lucky enough to be one […]
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