How to attract students?

Offer free food, preferably a barbeque! I had a couple of free lunches in the last few weeks. Maybe I’m a cheapskate, but I think I’m not. I went there to have fun and meet people. Oh yes, here in Australia it is possible to have barbeque outside in the middle of winter! There are a couple of electrical barbeque places around campus which can be used for free by anyone.

Word of the week

The word of the week is op-shop. An op-shop is a second-hand store, usually for clothing and household goods. If one needs a cheap creative outfit for one evening, that’s the place to go… (unfortunately, most of the pictures from yesterday evening are probably too embarrassing to post online :-))

Bushdance

Bushdance is not Aboriginal Dance. Bushdance is more like country dance. We realized that yesterday at a barbecue-dinner organized by the International Education Office. Free food, free drinks, nice music. Needless to say, we had a lot of fun. Yes, we went dancing. We also met a few students from Germany who have already spent a semester here and gave us some very important information on Canberran nightlife and travelling (thanks, Claudia!).