Australia: Leeches, A Night at Dharmananda
Friday, July 31st, 2009
H igh in the rainforest of New South Wales’ Nightcap Range, my fellow study-abroaders and I had our first “bush” encounter at a place called Dharmananda. After making it through orientation the week before, I was eager to embark on the first of many field trips throughout Australia, getting acquainted with the land I was supposed to be studying. There was one problem though: the mini-portrait I’d gathered of Australia so far included the city of Brisbane and my program’s orientation site —