Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Ann is Canadian but she has lived in Sydney. She shares her views about it.
Todd: OK, Ann, you spent quite a bit of time in Australia recently so why don't you talk
about that?
Ann: I really liked living in Australia. I was an international student and I studied
education at the university of Sydney. And living in Sydney was fantasticbecuase I could
go to the beach anytime I wanted and there was a great nightlife in Sydney. There are
lots of great clubs. And people were very, very friendly and easy-going and I met a lot of
international people in living Sydney.
Ann: And I travelled a little bit in Australia. I went up the east coast. Up to Frasier
Island. Which is a world heritage site. And I saw dingos running along the beach and
sharks in the water. We climbed cliffs and went through a rain forest and went camping
and then we went up to the -------, which is a but north. And the further north you go in
Australia, the hotter it gets. So we were able to go swimming in the ocean and I went
diving for the first time but it was a little bit risky cause I didn't have a diving license, so I
went on an introductory dive and I saw a giant clam that had a really purple spongy
inside that I was able to touch and then the clam closed up really quickly.
Ann: Almost.
Todd: Almost. Ah, you're lucky. Um, it's funny, you go in the water and you worry about
sharks,
but not clams.
Ann: Exactly.
Ann: I'd like to go and live there for at least another year. Probably I'll go back to
Sydney or maybe I'll go down to Melbourne because it's a really interesting cultural city.
They have lot of museums and parks.
Todd: OK. You gotta choose real quick, only one city, Montreal or Sydney, which do
you choose?