Winter is a mysterious season. It is less researched than the others, because scientists don't care to freeze, either. They are rationalists, and prefer pleasure to pain; hence the vast shelves of monographs about the gorgeous fish of coral reefs of Micronesia, the lifeways of tropical peoples, etc., and the few slim volumes about frozen tundra. Margaret Mead did not study adolescence in Greenland, and Jacques Cousteau did not steer the Calypso into the Bering Strait in November. They went where it was nice.Photo of the HWS students and the local faculty and staff at the University of Queensland in June of 1994.
Garrison Keillor in "Viral"
During the Spring Term of 1994, 23 Hobart and William Smith Colleges' students participated in a term abroad program based at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. The program director was Professor Kevin Mitchell of the Hobart and William Smith Colleges' Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. The Continuing Education Unit of the University of Queensland, headed by Dr. Brian Carss, provided the local arrangements in Australia.
The Great Court at the University of Queensland.
The University of Queensland provided easy access to an extremely wide array of different ecosystems. The program included major trips to four field sites: a sand island, a subtropical rainforest, a coral reef, and an arid bush habitat.
Soldier crabs were just one of the many interesting organisms in the tidal flats near Dunwich on North Stradbroke Island.
A highlight of the trip to Lamington National Park was a walk in the canopy of the rainforest on a rope and slat bridge.
Different species of coral and clams compete for light and nutrients in the reef flat at Lady Elliot Island.
The Aboriginal stencil art at "The Tombs" was one of the highlights of the trip to Carnarvon National Park in bush country.
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For more information on the Colleges' Term Abroad Programs, contact
Dr. Gary Johnston (johnston@hws.edu)
Director, Off-Campus Studies
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Geneva, New York 14456
USA
That's me attempting to identify fish in the Coral Gardens at Lady Elliot Island.