Canberra might be silent at times, but student life is humming.

I’m quite surprised to find an ice rink in Australia. Apparently it’s open the whole year round too, something that doesn’t even happen in the Dutch summer. I’m driving there in the BMW of one of my professors.

At a self-catering college you can share the table with friends from around the world, and maybe even a pot of 70 eggs, writes student blogger Jesse Zondervan.

I’m surprised by the abundance of bike paths in Canberra. Both lanes along the road and segregated green cycle lanes supply a cycle infrastructure throughout Canberra.

When Mae Noble was working on coral reef ecology in the sunny Caribbean, she probably didn’t foresee a future where she’d be snorkeling in the freezing Murray-Darling Basin, looking for endangered crayfish.

Juliet Kirby wants more girls to share in the glow of pride—and plasma—she experiences as a physics student at ANU. Juliet Kirby can talk about physics until she’s purple in the face.

“I never want to leave Mount Stromlo! It’s really serene and quiet, so you get a lot of work done.

“I have a background in straight science so it was really interesting for me to do some forest management courses, looking at how you balance the ecologically best option with what’s applicable in the real world."

I didn’t have undergraduate training in cellular neuroscience so the Master program was challenging at first, but it’s exactly what I want to do, so that’s kept me motivated. The teachers have all been great and very supportive too.