study abroad experience - Australia

My weekly routine
After much thoughts, I chose the modules CUL00210 Australia, Asia and the World,
MNG00421 Festival and Special Events Planning and COM10001Effective
Communication. My lectures/tutorials were limited from Tuesday to Thursday for 2
hours each. At first, this doesn´t sound much, but around 10 hours of homework are
calculated per week for every module. That was a big change for me. At my home
university, most of the teaching material is taught directly in the lectures and there
are only a few things to do in my free time. I tried to do all the work during the week
to travel on a long weekend. I liked the Modul Festival and Special Events Planning
the most.
Peter was one of the best tutors I had in Australia. In a way, he was strict, but also
understanding and very practical. As the name of the module suggests, I got to know
a lot about events and their organization. At first, I was very overwhelmed with all the
materials we had to work through. It was an incredible amount of material and also in
another language. One of the assessments was to join a festival of our choice and to
evaluate it. I wasn’t sure which event to choose, but Peter recommended the Nimbin
Mardigras to me. Nimbin is a little village on the east coast and called the little
Amsterdam of Australia. At the Nimbin MardiGras, people come together and
celebrate the herb without fear of prosecution and persecution. It was an awesome
experience for me.
The university also offered many sports and leisure activities for a reduced price. I
signed in for weekly volleyball, a surf course and various inland trips and quickly
found a connection to other students.