Leverkusen is a small city of around 160 000 people just north of Cologne in Germany. It’s where Kezban, Mahir & Lara Bozkurt lived until just a few weeks ago - now they call the Gold Coast home.
Winter, it’s the traditional footy season, although here on the Gold Coast there’s something incongruous about the weather.
Francisco Barcellos first fell in love with Australia in 2012 when he landed in Newcastle to study English.
Yanji is a small Chinese city located within a stone’s throw of the North Korean border, given its location Yanji has had a challenging history and while officially part of China, a substantial part of its population is ethnic Korean.
Bond University Senior Teaching Fellow, Caroline Graham has given some of her Bachelor of Journalism students the chance to put their super-sleuthing investigative skills to the test, by being involved in a six-part, podcast series being produced for The Australian.
Being one of the Mayor’s International Student Ambassadors for the City of Gold Coast, I have the opportunity to taste the best of this sunshine city – most recently, I learned how to surf!
Well, it would be quite bizarre to express such feverish excitement at surfing with my Australian friends...