On the Bottom Half

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The second trip now under my belt ended last Friday. I went to an area called the Grampians, then came back to Melbourne along what is called The Great Ocean Road. A very filled three day tour it was, but altogether an excellent one.

Today, Bruce, Helen, and I are going out to Geelong because it is Cup Day, which is nearly a National Holiday in Aus: the entire country stops today at 1500 for the Melbourne Cup horse race. Victorian residents are given the day off as a Statewide statutory holiday, and most people take the preceding Monday off as well to make for a really long weekend.

Just thought I'd add something to read, and tonight I'll try remember to do a bona fide post.

In response to previous comments: Ed - to become a Master is usually the natural progression, but in the Australian education system, only the indepently wealthy do master's degrees. There are no scholarships available for this level of degree and it only takes a year or two to get. So: most people do a Ph. D. from the graduate school get-go and that includes a Master's for the first bit of the program; the the third year of the Ph. D. progression brings it to a doctoral level.

Weather's is supposed to hit 32 degrees today in the Sun! Talk to you guys tonight... Keep the comments coming!

posted by Kyle @ 16:19