Tour of UWA

Here are some photos from the University of Western Australia (Uni) campus. It is much bigger than Willamette and takes about 20 min to walk from one end to the other. Luckily, I am not studying business so I don't have to walk that far. This is where the campus is located in Perth:It is right on the Swan River which runs through the city to the ocean.

This floating house was on campus for a few weeks for the Perth International Art Festival. Sadly, it was taken down, but I got this picture! It was made out of fabric samples sewn together and strung between a few trees. It would be fun to make one.
Here is one of the rocks outside the Geology/Geography building. It is an agmatitic granitoid from the Darling Scarp. According to the sign,"Agmatites are metamorphic rocks in which at least two components derived from different sources have been imperfectly mixed." In this case, it was a basalt and a granite.

Between the Geology and Geography buildings. Most of the older buildings are made from limestone and the newer ones are made to look like they are made of limestone.

Inside the geology entrance- I have 24 hour access because I am taking GIS (Geographical Information Systems) and have to use the computer lab.

Here is a floor design-PANGAEA!

This is one of my favorite places on campus, the sunken garden. The only problem with it is the mosquitoes, or mossies (as the Australians say).

Here is a building you would not find on the Willamette campus. I can only imagine what is inside. Giant Megafauna?

This is the Science Library. It has four floors and is always busy. There is a cafe attached to the side where they serve organic food. I have yet to go there, but I like the logo- it is made out of a calcium and an iron molecule! Ca-Fe

And on your left is the Chemistry building- it looks really imposing to me.

This is the Guild Village which contains just about everything you would ever need. It includes: a career/support centre, the medical centre, student administration, three atms (each from a different bank), one Westpac bank, a chapel, Matilda Bay Dental Surgery, STA (a student travel office), printing services-where I got my lab coat, a secondhand bookshop, student centre/reception, a pharmacy, an eyecare centre, "Talking Heads" hairdresser, and the bookshop. You could easily live here. There is also a cafeteria just around the corner as well as the University Tavern, shown below:

Below is in the Art building. There was a play going on so all these chairs were here.

I also whistled at a peacock.

These look like snakes to me.

Here is my second favorite spot on campus- the outdoor movie theatre. I have seen two movies here in the evening as part of the Art Festival. I saw one Italian movie, The Double Hour (La Doppia Ora), and The Human Resources Manager. Both were very good and it is always fun to watch movies outside.

This is the "tropical grove."

And here is a mailbox by the other library- notice the surrounding "moat."

Lions with wings?

This is one of the old limestone buildings.

And here is the tunnel I take every day to go from my residential college to the uni campus.
And that concludes our tour! I didn't even have to walk backwards. This isn't even half of what the campus looks like, but hopefully you get a feel for it. Most of my classes are located in the geology/geography building but I do have a few labs near the end, about a 15 minute walk. I am still getting used to the long treks to class; a change from Willamette.