Thoughts

Here are some quotes that have gotten me thinking a bit....

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your existence is an act of rebellion." -Albert Camus

"Facts do no cease to exist because they are ignored" -Aldus Huxley

"Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple" -Dr. Seuss

"People were created to be loved. Things were created to be used. The reason why the world is in chaos is because things are being loved and people are being used."

Goaty The Travelling Goat Part 6: City Living

Goaty at Government House in the Sydney Botanic Gardens

Goaty in Sydney Harbor

Goaty had a good time in Sydney and Melbourne, but like me, enjoyed Melbourne far more and is looking forward to going back for my internship!

In Sydney

Interesting cross-section... botanic gardens, construction, and skyscrapers.

Sydney Opera House

Hyde Park

Overall, I'm kinda underwhelmed with Sydney. It just doesn't have an apparent personality and it's big! I've never been much of a city girl. When I stumbled into Hyde Park and it's many Eucalypt trees after my visit to the Australian Museum today, I let out an audible sigh of relief. I really just feel so much better when I'm around green things!

Melbourne: Take One!

Yesterday we arrived in this beautiful city! I already like it. I was surprised by this because usually I am not a city girl (surprise, surprise, I go to school in the middle of corn fields!). Somehow Melbourne just has a good vibe, or maybe it's just the area we're staying in, which is full of a spectrum of hipsters and interesting shops. Today I tackled public transportation and met up with the ladies at Ink & Spindle to talk about my upcoming internship. I am so excited and can't wait to share all the shenanigans as they unfold. Then I cruised around Brunswick Street in Fitzroy and then went to the Melbourne Museum, which was not that great but was fun, despite it being filled with children who are currently on school holidays. Mostly it's just nice to be clean after a week in the mountains, although that was fun too. I'm looking forward to being here in Melbourne for the whole month of November! Tomorrow we are having some class discussion and going to some sustainable houses, and then off to Sydney on Wednesday.

Some things are just plain sucky

Like walking from this beautiful forest...

...out to this logged section.

Tasmania has a long history of logging. Luckily they are making progress and moving away from cutting down old growth, but it's still so frustrating to see this!

Beautiful views in Tasmania! (Warning: May cause severe jealousy)

Lake Pedder

From atop Mt. Field

Strahan

Macquarie Harbor

Cradle Mountain

Goaty The Travelling Goat Part 5: Tasmania!

Goaty on some giant glacial boulders at the bottom of Mt. Field

Goaty on the TOP of Mt. Field with a beautiful view

Goaty at Nelson Falls

Goaty didn't come on the Gordon River Cruise in Macquarie Harbor, I was afraid he would get seasick. And there's nothing worse than a seasick goat when you're trying to learn about ecotourism...