Immersion in Sydney
I have a philosophy that I would like to very much like to immerse myself into the culture of any place I visit. Right now I’m visiting Australia for a whole month. I began as a very outgoing person with everyone I met, especially all the hotel staff at the various Hotels Sydney Australia where I have stayed. I found many staff members my age so I could invite them, when they got off work, to join me when I went out and about in Sydney.
Some even invited me over to their homes and cooked dinner for me. One staff member even invited me to experience a real Aussie barbecue. Everything was on the grill, chicken, beef, sausages, vegetables like beet root. It was really fantastic. With getting to know the working class, I felt like a became more and more Australian. Of course, my mannerisms, haircut and language gave me away as a foreigner right away.
I had enough time to enroll in a Australian Wildlife Biology class that offered field trips. My first destination was Smith’s Lake, about 2 hours north of Sydney, a very remote place in the wilderness, or the ‘bush’ as the Aussie’s say. I managed to make fast friends with the other students, who were all Australians. Being outback is a very good way to immerse one self into the culture. Our campsite at Smith’s Lake was extremely rustic. No fresh water, we had to brush our teeth and bath in brackish water. We were constantly being attacked by swarms of insects, and leeches! We all felt like we were on the side of a losing battle, which definitely helped my fellow classmates and me bond even better than expected.
Most of out days were spent exploring different parts of the marshes and the woodlands. We got to team up and analyze various fauna and flora species and we even got to set traps for animals. We caught possum and rats mostly. I learned a lot and really felt a true connection with the Australian way of life, well bush life anyway. I was fully immersed.
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