Experience of a Lifetime in Australia: A Tour of the University of Sydney!

Last night was Adam's birthday, so we went to dinner and then went out to the bars to celebrate. Since we were up very late last night, I decided to sleep in and just relax today instead of doing something out in the city on our day off. I also realized today that in the next 5 weeks, I will be gone 4 of those weekends and parts of the week. I am going to New Zealand a week from today for 12 days, will be back in Sydney for 4 days, then head to Bathurst for 3 days, then will be back in Sydney for 4 days, then head to Tasmania for 5 days. Therefore, I think catching up on all my schoolwork might be a top priority on my list of things to do :).

Instead of going to the city to do something, I decided to walk around the University of Sydney campus and take some pictures. The lighting is not very good in some of these pictures because it was cloudy some of times I took them, but you will get an idea of the campus. Since the entire university is extremely huge and some of the parts you have to take a bus to, I did not take pictures of those campuses. For example, if you are studying music, the campus is all the way next to the Opera House, which is about a 25 minute bus ride away. Luckily, all my classes are walking distance and only take about 10 minutes to get to, but I know some friends that it takes then over an hour to get to class.

Enjoy the pictures and welcome to the University of Sydney!

My Apartment Village called Sydney University Village:

My Room in my Apartment:

The Living Room

The Kitchen

This is the walk to my classes. Along the way, there are athletic fields where rugby and cricket are usually played:

This is the Wentworth Building, which is the place where the academic advisors, international office, and other offices are. For everyone who reads this and knows what the UMC is at the University of Colorado, this is what this building is here:

The Education Building with another athletic field. This is where my Sports and Learning in Australian Culture and my Social Work Psychology Class are:

This building is called the Old Teachers College and is where all of my tutorials are:

This is the Manning building where a bunch of restaurants and one of the bars on campus is! I got major culture shock when I learned about this because they are allowed to have bars and alcohol allowed on campus!

The Mungo MacCallum Building which is where most of my professor's offices are:

Fisher Library:

Back of Fisher Library:

A view from outside the library of the city from campus:

This is the Main Quadrangle where classes are held and there are museums inside. This is the central meeting spot because everyone knows where this building is. Unfortunately I do not have any classes here, but most of my friends do. I wish I did though because it looks like Hogwarts from Harry Potter!

The Main Quadrangle is designed so that there is an portion that is cut out from the building with a grass area outside. Here are some pictures of the inside:

School of Medicine:

School of Physics:

There is a huge area on the outside of the campus with swimming pools, a park, ponds, and a huge grass field where people are always laying out and playing sports called Victoria Park. Something like this would be amazing to have in Colorado because it is so nice and relaxing to go to and enjoy.