Projects in Canberra; Week 3 CVA is not the most organized organization….we were supposed to go away last week, an d FOR SURE this week but we didn't.Thus, this week was spent on several different projects. Mini project 1:Planting native grasses and plants alongside Canberra's damn.The overall feeling of this project was being one with Bill Murray circa Caddyshack!Looking lovely in our gummys and wide brimmed hats, we even had the same hole-digger as he!We sp...

Done with Conservation Volunteers of Australia After nine lovely weeks of conservation volunteering my first journey of the year has come to an end.Overall, it was an incredible experience.I did things I never wanted to nor thought I could do in conditions I never wanted to be in nor thought I could handle…which makes me feel a proud sense of accomplishment.I saw some of the most picturesque landscapes I could ever imagine.But most of all I've met people from ...

Canberra: I arrived in Canberra two weeks ago; Canberra is the capitol of Australia. Unlike Perth my accommodation here in Canberra is a volunteer house instead of a hostel.The house is quite simple (it makes houses in college look posh), and old (CVA is in the process of looking for a new house) but like every other situation I've been put in it quickly feels like "home" and you adapt quickly. One thing I continue to struggle with has to do with the...