Australia Photos


The view from the plane landing at the Kingsford Smith International Airport in SYD.


The mural on the front of my hostel, The Funk House. 


The iconic Sydney Opera House at sunset!


A view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge from the Opera House


😊


View of the city from the top of the Harbour Bridge Pylon.



Inside the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney.


The first pack of cigarettes I saw in Sydney, in my Hostel. This pack costs $25.50.


Bondi Beach & Icebergs Pool


Found this along a street of murals in Bondi Beach, which I thought was great as I had just seen rocks by the beach littered with cigarette butts earlier in the day.


A mural in Bondi Beach by an artist who is a walking paraplegic as a result of her parachute not opening when she was skydiving.


The Olympic Stadium in "Olympic Park" renamed ANZ Stadium after the 2000 games.


Inside of the ANZ Stadium, which currently holds 83,500 people.


The plaque in the entrance of the Pool


It was amazing to see the first Olympic pool that Michael Phelps swam in!


Inside of the Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney.


Shelly Beach - a short walk from Manly Beach


Shelly Beach Lookout



Found both of these on my hike through a Nature Reserve in North Head, Manly.


3D Street Artist in Circular Quay, Sydney.


This was a required photo. 


One part of the Sydney Chocolate Festival on my last day!


The "Freakshake" 
The line for this was ridiculously long.


This is only thing shown when you buy tobacco in Australia, which shows the price for a pack and a carton of specific brands of cigarettes. The packs are required by law to be hidden behind the white metal doors on either side of this sign. 


My second Hostel, Billabong Backpackers.


A cool street sign across from my room.


Western Australia's Botanical Garden


The view of Perth from the Botanical Gardens


Perth Central Business District (CBD)


My office at the Heart Foundation





These four pictures are from inside and outside of the Heart Foundation's building.


 The King Edward Women's Hospital


On the floors of bus stations.


This Koala's name is Micro


The Lagoon in Cairns.


The training room for the Aboriginal Health Council volunteers.


Some of the training resources.


The training center (cont)


Boomerangs decorated by aboriginal artists,


My dive at the Great Barrier Reef!


The sailing catamaran that I was on.



The airplanes view of Cairns when I left.


Headed back to the US. Bye Australia!!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Manly Beach Town

The other beach area in the Sydney area is called Manly Beach, and it can be easily accessed by a 30 min ferry ride across the Harbour. I decided to go here to see the similarities between Bondi Beach and Manly, as Bondi is a smoke-free suburb. I was really pleased to not see one smoker all day here in Manly, which could really just be lucky for me, but I am choosing to believe it is because of the environment of the town. "The Corso" which was the main street from Manly Wharf down to the beach, was packed with all of the popular surf shops, souvenir shops, and cafes. Not one tobacconist or convenience store in sight. It is definitely a healthier area, the beaches and ocean are perfect for swimming and surfing, there are many hikes in the area, and I also saw a lot of people riding their biked along the beach as well. So usually, if it is a healthier area, there is less smoking occurring because those two just don't exist together. Unfortunately, I did find a few empty pa...
Read more

First Weekend: Sydney Suburbs

Saturday and Sunday I spent venturing outside of Central Sydney to Glebe, Mosman, and Olympic Park, which was recognized as a suburb of Sydney after the Games were over in 2000. It was nice to get out of the highly concentrated tourist areas, because you really don't get the chance to speak to many Australians. Glebe, to me, was a typical "hippie-type" town. They had an outdoor market, and they call the main road "eat street" because it is packed with really trendy and cool small bars, cafes and restaurants. It is right in the middle of two universities, meaning the area caters to a much younger crowd. Maybe this is why I saw less smoking, or maybe I just came on a good day, but I am hoping it is because University-aged students are smarter about what they put into their bodies. Sydney Olympic Park, honestly, has nothing to do with my Magellan, but I could not pass up the opportunity to see it. The Sydney 2000 Games, 17 years ago, were called by many people ...
Read more

Heart Foundation: Days 3/4

Wednesday was spent mostly reading through all of the packets of resources that they have given me here, nothing too newsworthy to write an entire post about. It has been really nice having a desk and large computer to work with to spread out all of the papers in front of me as well as having word documents open in front of me for my notes and ideas. As for today, Thursday, I had two really great meetings. The first was with a woman named Fiona Phillips from Cancer Council of Western Australia's " Make Smoking History " campaign. They are a non-governmental organization (NGO) who employ a range of strategies to combat tobacco use. They focus on four main areas; mass media advertisements (3-4 per year to target adults 18+), policy advocating, education & research, and community service programs (cessation support). The original campaign was called "Quit WA" and was run by the Western Australian Government until 2000, when it was handed over to the Cancer Cou...
Read more