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	The Mindil Beach Markets are always a highlight of a student's stay in Darwin.

Thursday, June 8

10:30p - Depart Los Angeles on Qantas Flight 12 to Sydney

8:15a - Depart Sydney on Qantas Flight 59 to Cairns

2:40p - Depart Cairns on Qantas Flight 61 to Darwin

6:00p - Arrive at Alatai Apartments in Darwin

12 noon - First class meeting - introduction, workshop on descriptive writing

5:00p - Mindil Beach Markets (held every Sunday and Thursday)

9:00a - UNSW Summer School orientation

5:00p - Reception at Northern Territory Parliament House

9:30a - Class - Australian Media Industries

Descriptive Writing Exercise Due

9:30a - Class - Commercial and Public Broadcasting, What is a Journalist?

9:30a - Class - Multiculturalism and the Media, Nature Writing Workshop

1:30p - Visit to Northern Territory Wildlife Park

9:30a - Class - Aboriginality and the Media

2:00p - Visit to Fannie Bay Gaol (that’s Jail for those of you in the U.S.)

Visit to Kakadu National Park

1:00p - Visit to Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

Week 1 Journal Entries Due

9:30a, 11:30a - Web Production Workshop

9:30a, 11:30a - Web Production Workshop

2:30p - Darwin Botanical Gardens

9:30a, 11:30a - Web Production Workshop

2:55p - Depart Darwin on Qantas Flight 492 to Alice Springs

5:30p - Arrive at Melanka Lodge

10:00a - Visit to Standley Chasm and Simpson’s Gap

9:00a - Visit to CAAMA

Week Two Journal Entries Due

2:00p - Visit to Centre for Appropriate Technology

8:30p - Trivia Night

6:00a - Bus from Alice Springs to Yulara

5:00p - Sunset at Uluru

1:30p - Visit Uluru Cultural Center

6:00a - Sunrise at Kata Djuta

1:05p - Depart Ayers Rock on Qantas Flight 455 to Sydney

6:20p - Depart Sydney on Qantas Flight 567 to Canberra

8:00p - Arrive at the Burgmann Colleges of the Australian National University

9:30a - Class - Australian Political Institutions and Culture

1:30p - National Sound Archive

3:00p - U.S. Embassy Press Officer

4:00p - Parliament House

A sailboat passes under the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

9:30a - Class - Americanisation? Australian Television and Populism

1:00p -War Memorial

2:30p - Bus to Sydney, Arrive at the Kensington Colleges of the University of New South Wales

6:00p -Welcome BBQ and Orientation

1:00p - Australian Rules Football game - Sydney Swans v. West Coast Eagles

11:00a - Class meeting - Group project development

Week Three Journal Entries Due

9:00a, 11:00a -Web Production Workshop

Nature Essay (typed first draft) Due

2:00p - Olympic Site visit

9:00a, 11:00a - Web Production Workshop

9:00a, 11:00a - Web Production Workshop

2:00p - Visit Taronga Zoo

9:00a, 11:00a - Web Production Workshop

6:00a - Day trips to Blue Mountains for Abseiling and Bushwalking

9:00a - Class - Australian Cinema, Landscape and Identity I

Week Four Journal Entries Due

Nature Essay (Rewrite) Due

2:00p - National Maritime Museum and Sydney Aquarium

8:00p - Symphony at Sydney Opera House

9:00a - Class - Australian Cinema, Landscape and Identity II

pm - Optional Web catch-up time

9:00a, 11:00a - Web Production Workshop

9:00a, 11:00a Ü Web Production Workshop

Web Presentations

	Among Australia's unique ecosystems is the spectacular Great Barrier Reef.

8:45a - Depart Sydney on Qantas Flight 406 to Cairns

12:45p - Depart for Crocodylus Village in the Daintree Rainforest

Daintree Rainforest

Bus to Cairns & Matson Plaza Hotel

Week Five Journal Entries Due

8:00a - Trip to Great Barrier Reef

am - Class

6:00p - Activities reception at Matson Plaza

am - Wrap-up class

Week Six Journal Entries Due

12:30p - Depart Cairns on Qantas Flight 567 to Sydney

Week Six Journal Entries Due

5:00p - Depart Sydney on Qantas Flight 7 to Los Angeles