Thursday, February 10, 2011

Typical days in Australia

So far, every day has been differenet but here is an example of some of my days on the project Down Under.  Some mornings field work can start as early as 5 AM or last through the night.

EXAMPLE DAY 1

0730  Breakfast

0830  Class: Australian & Tropical Rainforest Environments

0945  Class: Australian Rainforest Classification

1100  Economic Theory & NRM impacts in Queensland

1200  Lunch!

1300  Rainforest Disturbance & succession

1430  Rainforest structure

1730  Dinner!

1930  Spotlighting

EXAMPLE DAY 2  Community Service Day

0700  Breakfast

0800  Rotates: Landcare, Nursery, Site Maintenance or Water Testing

1200  Lunch!

1300  Warrawork Atherton free time

1730  Dinner!

EXAMPLE DAY 3

0730  Breakfast

0830  Field Work or write-up analysis

1200  Lunch!

1300  Field Work or write-up analysis

1730  Dinner!