I will soon be traveling some 15,000km across one Continent and a very large Pacific Ocean.
As some people are aware I will be attending Teachers College in Australia. I will call the city Wollongong, and the University of Wollongong my home for the next 9 months. This adventure has been a long time in the making and it still doesn’t feel like the moment has arrived — but alas I depart for the airport within the hour. It may be that I refuse to acknowledge I will be living aboard an airplane for the next 27 hours. My flight path for this evening will be Toronto to LA then LA to Sydney. I get to ride in my first Boeing 747 on the flight to Sydney.
Some fast Australia facts: I will be 16h ahead of Toronto (EST), and in all sense of the word living in the future. When it is 6pm Friday in Toronto it will be 10am Saturday in Wollongong. Wollongong is on the east coast of Australia, located 80km south of Sydney. Google maps provides high resolution photos and maps of Wollongong at Google Maps. Click here to see the city from above.
This web site will continue to be the source for travel updates, photos and overall commentary. It feels good to be embarking on this journey, and I intend to enjoy every minute of it — from teaching science in the classroom to experiencing all the Country has to offer. If i can learn more then I can teach it will have been time well spent.
It’s time to head Down Under.
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