Studying in Australia

Dear all,

I am thinking of studying at the UWA for one semester as an exchange student. I have never been in Australia before, but I am quite enthusiastic about it, and I'd like to know more about living over there. Are there any UWA students here? Or anyone from Australia? Please tell me more about Australia Mr. Green

thnx a lot!!

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 4:02 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

one of our DJ's is over there. i heard its really fun. he says "its different compared to london, hot babes, lots of roller coasters, and koalas!!!!" lol

well good luck =] i think it wud be a great experience

Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:23 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Oh....you going to Perth, huh?

Ohhohoho....then let me share my limited knowledge with you of our western state....

What I Know:
It's hot
It has the WACA
It's hot....

....so in conclusion come to Sydney, instead! MUCH more fun. And way more asian stores...if that's what you want... pinch

Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 2:40 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Heya!!

im from good old Perth!! =D u planning to study at UWA? yea good skool lah!! well wot can i say about Perth?! Like you might think its a bit boring but hey if it's too exciting you wouldnt be concertrating on studying! Laugh

Perth is small! and ofcourse it has hot summers but that why we all go down to the pretty beaches! Big Smile

its very easy to get around Perth since its small, you can catch the train, bus or even ferry! We have heaps of exchange students around from all parts of Asia! Living here is affordable and clean fresh air everyday! Laugh

come over!! if ur lucky might show you around ^^

Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:51 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Thank you all for the information. At this moment I am studying in The Netherlands. I really hope I will pass the selection. My first choice of location is Melbourne. I am very happy to hear that my university has just came to an agreement with the Monash University. Perth will be my second choice, because I have more feelings for a big, glamorous city. Also now in the Netherlands I am living in a busy city. I am more used to going out, shop and having nice a dinner Tongue

than wonderful sceneries surrounding me. So if there are any comments on Melbourne, you are also welcome. Tell me...tell me...thnx

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:20 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:08 am Post subject: Melbourne Post Rating: 0

I'm a Melbournian. And love it! I dont think i want to live in any other part of Australia than Melbourne. Compare Melbourne to Sydney:

Melbourne
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1. Alot of Asian
2. Everyone is very friendly and down to earth,
3. Lots of nice food from all around the world not just Asian. This includes a cast variety of asian food also available.
4. Cheaper rent, food, lifestyle compare to Sydney. (But when i say cheap i mean reasonable not cheap cheap. You can expect to pay $6-7 for those Asian noodles soup compare to $8-11 in Sydney)
5. Pretty girls/ guys
6. Our past time is not all about "poping" compare to alot of Sydney ppl (I'm generalising here from my experience).
7. We got heaps of fashion designers from Melbourne that are getting of have gotten acknowledgement from around the world. Eg. Allanah Hill, Tsubi, Betina Liano, Roy, Miss Sixty...just to name a few.
8. There's more night life during the week than Sydney i believe. (last year i went up to Sydney. We had no where to go, and nothing to do on Mon-Wed except getting high at someone house...or something like that).
9. The City Melbourne is designed so that it's in a grid shape, which means that everything is parallel to each other. Hence, its easy to get around and not get lost.
10. We also have the tram system around Melbourne city and into the suburb as well!!! no where else in Australia has this!
11. Crown Casino, opens 24x7
12. Most importantly. Krispy Kream is coming to Melbourne toO!! you really gota come to Melbourne!
13. Oh yeah, we can also have 4 seasons in one day. Can you get this anywhere else? i dont think so!

Sydney
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1. Sydney has more stable weather than Melbourne i must admit.
2. The famous Opera house
3. Bondi beach
4. Designers such as Sass&Bide lives here
5. Everything is more spaced out. Hence, you can get lost!
6. People can be a little bit snoppy sometime.
7. Houses are more expensive and so is the lifestyle. Which i reckon has the same quality as Melbourne only its more popular because it has the Opera house.
8. Star city - gambers haven

so you compare which is better! Hope you choose Melbourne. BTW, Monash university and Melbourne university is two of a few top university in Australia and has good reputations in the world aswell.

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:37 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

whoaa misst3na pretty much summarised everything! lol everything she said is soo true its not even funny!
melbourne is the best!! Laugh

sydney doesnt have anything..they have the opera house and harbour bridge, who cares about those Whistling

oh and we have an australian d-addicts thread thingy here: http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20146&start=555

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:47 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 11:08 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

im from melbourne too =D not as expensive as sydney and the night life is just as good, if not greater. (i've heard people resemble Melbourne to vancouver but im not too sure =P )

Melbourne has the best tertiary education (universities) in Australia apart from Sydney Uni which is only good for vetrinary science

Krispy Kream is now 24/7 drive through =D and a 2nd store will open soon
(just to point that out)

Word of warning if you want to come to melbourne. During autumn and spring (march-may and Oct - novem) You will get 4 seasons in 1 day.

Also another warning Australia is not as culturally advanced as America so you might feel a little discrimination in our society. (Alot of my family from canada and california say that when they come over). We arent as open i guess to each other. (sorry if this is directed to americans it is a rough guideline of how social we are)

scratch

ALSO THE BIG ONE "I'm Sorry I love You Pilot episode was filmed here". We have the always beautiful albert park drive (where they filmed the driving in the city) which is currently hosting the grand prix at this time of year. They let you drive the track after all the races are done for a bit =D, Great ocean Road, which is i think the place they filmed the driving scenes/mountain.

Commonwealth Games is held soon 1 week to go -_- damn traffic
Our railway system has been upgraded so most of the trains are new and its not as dangerous as sydney with all the accidents and 10 year rust buckets. Yes as pointed out by misst3na melbourne is one of the very few cities in the world that still has a tram system.

Laugh

Come to Melbourne =D (dont even think about going to canberra, and adelaide is only good for dentistry)

only thing perth has is abalony catching season ^^;
*fact: did you know 10 years ago Australians didnt know what abalony were? and when asians went to the fish market theyd get it for $5 a kilo (grinning to their spoilt souls) Now since Asian food is so prized amongst cultures these days, Abalony is very scarce everywhere in australia apart from Perth.

H2 · Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 6:32 am Post subject: Re: Melbourne Post Rating: 0

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 6:38 am Post subject: Re: Melbourne Post Rating: 0

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 8:06 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

i think theres a krispy kreme at fountain gate already Big Smile

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 8:08 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

hehe, don't ask a native Melbournian about Melbourne, they're desperate to prove the city is just as important as Sydney. That is not to say it's a bad city you just tend to get a somewhat biased view. It does tend to hold a lot of events (Formula 1, Aus Open, C'wealth Games) to try and compensate for not having any major landmarks. Tongue

I've lived in various cities around Australia and overseas and am currently studying at Monash. You've only got two choices here if you want a "big, glamorous city" as you mentioned - Sydney or Melbourne. Casinos (which seem to be focus points of nightlife here) are pretty boring if you've been to any big ones in Europe or Vegas. I think most of the good restaurants in Melb are in the city which is about 30mins travel from the main Monash campus. Rent in a group house should be about AUS$70-$100 inc bills (a fair bit more if you stay on campus).

the weather here has always seemed pretty normal to me, much warmer than Europe but rarely too hot.