Caversham Wildlife Park

After a long search I finally saw the first wildlife in Australia ;)

Today we went to the Caversham Wildlife Park which hosts different kinds of Australian wildlife.


Some of them can even be petted (e.g. the kangaroos or koalas).

The cutest little fellas are the Wallabys.

More pictures are online at the web album.

First Visit of the Beach

The first visit of the beach was really impressive! We went to the cottesloe beach by train which is very cheap for students in Perth (Google maps).

It rained in the beginning but fortunately the sun came out after wards.

Finally we enjoyed a beautiful sunset.

More pictures of the beach are available at the web album.

Moving In

Today I moved into my room at the ECU student village.

Around 160 people live in the ECU Student Village in Mt. Lawley (Google maps), most of them are international students.

I share an apartment with five roommates which are from all over the world. My roomies are: Divya from Mauritius, Brooke from the US, Kim from South Afrika, Henrik from Sweden and Wooju from Korea.

More pictures from the student village can be found at the web album.

Trip to Perth

After writing my last exam, moving out of my apartment on Friday, and packing on Saturday I could finally start my trip to Perth, WA.

On Sunday at 3am in the morning I left home together with my parents to go to Munich International Airport. The flight took off at 7am, so I had to be at the airport at 5am. All in all the trip consisted of three flights (Munich -> London, London -> Singapore, Singapore -> Perth).


First I had to backtrack from Munich to London, since I wanted to fly with the big airbus (the A380-800). Other possibilities would have been to fly via Dubai with Fly Emirates or via South Africa. But I also wanted to fly with the kangaroo-airline (Qantas). So I first went from Munich International Airport to London Heathrow. This flight took only 2 hours and was very comfortable.


After arriving in Heathrow there was bad news waiting for me though. My flight from London to Singapore was delayed 13 (!) hours. Fortunately Qantas provided a hotel room near the airport during the day, where I got lunch and dinner. I had to leave the hotel in the evening though and had to wait at the airport like 7 hours until the plane finally took off. Fortunately there were many people waiting for the flight as well, so the waiting time wasn't that boring since we went to some pubs at the airport.


On Monday 1am London Time the plane finally took off. And the waiting time definitely payed off!!! Wow... the A380 is so amazing. I have never seen such a huge plane and I think it is currently the biggest passenger plane. The plane has two floors and can carry up to 520 people!

After a very comfortable 13 hour flight I arrived in Singapore at 8:30pm local time. Of course I have already missed my scheduled connection flight since the flight from London has been delayed that long. Fortunately an alternative connection flight has been already organized when I arrived in Singapore so I could immediately continue my trip to Perth.


I finally arrived in Perth on Tuesday 2 am local time after another 5 hour flight. There a representative from the Edith Cowan University picked me up and drove me to a youth hostel where I stayed for the night. During the drive from the airport to the hostel I could enjoy the beautiful skyline.

Finally I'm here! So where are the kangaroos? ;)