Not really goodbye

We would like to congratulate you on completing the course and wish you success in your continuing career.

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This is our final Blog in this format. For those of you who regularly visit this site, we hope you have enjoyed our posts and learned a bit about life in Adelaide.

The ARNTP Blog will be replaced by another social networking site, called Ning. The UniSA Ning enables you to post photos and comments as well as create your own interest groups.

For those of you who have participated in the ARNTP/MTP/DTP and Re-entry programs, both past and present, we hope you will come along with us to continue our online communication.

We will be sending you the new link inviting you to join us. See you again soon.

Regards

The Blog Team

Congratulations

We hope you found your professional practice enjoyable and fulfilling.



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As you approach the end of your current studies, it would be good to reflect on your experience. In May, a new group of students will commence the ARNTP course. What advice would you give them about:

• Living in Adelaide?


• How to cope with the demands of returning to study?


• How to get the greatest benefit from your professional placement?


• Any other information you feel would be useful.

You can do this by posting a comment on the Blog. Go to the end of this entry and click on comments. Type in your response, then scroll down to select Anonymous as your identity. You can then Publish your comment. Alternatively, email Alison in the library and we will write a collective and anonymous response with your feedback.

We hope you can find the time to respond and look forward to your comments.

Congratulations and best of luck!

Regards

The Blog Team

Easter holidays

April 10-13th is Easter. Many of the larger supermarkets will be closed Good Friday, Easter Sunday and the public holiday on Monday. However department stores such as Myer and Target will be open, as well as other traders. Check with your local shopping centre for opening times.
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Please note, the UniSA library closes for the four days and the two week teaching break commences.

The State Library on the corner of North Terrace and Kintore Avenue is closed on Good Friday, but opens for the rest of the holiday period. Check with your local public library for their opening times.

Places of interest, such as the SA Museum & Art Gallery, Adelaide Zoo and the Glenelg foreshore are worth a visit if you're looking for something to do. It is also the time of the very popular Oakbank horse racing carnival.

Have a safe and happy time wherever you are and whatever you are doing.

Regards

The Blog Team

End of Daylight Saving this weekend

Before you go to bed this Saturday night, 4th April, remember to put your clocks back one hour: e.g. if you go to bed at 10.00pm, change the time to 9.00pm.

A whole extra hour to catch up on sleep!

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Regards

The Blog team

A taste of India

This weekend is Mela 2009, a celebration of Indian Culture in Elder Park.

"When the gates open on the annual Mela, organised by the Indian Australian Association of South Australia, Elder Park will burst with the colour, movement and flavours of the culturally diverse subcontinent.”

Make your way to Adelaide’s beautiful Elder Park by the River Torrens on King William Street, just north of Festival Theatre. Click here for a map

The festivities promise fun for all ages - Indian food, dancing, displays, a shopping bazaar, and classical, folk and Bollywood music.

When: Saturday, March 28, 2009

Where: Elder Park, Adelaide

Opening times: 11am to 11pm

Autumn-spring – a great time of year!

"Where flowers bloom so does hope ... "
Lady Bird Johnson

We hope you are enjoying the wonderful autumn weather we’re having at the moment. And we are all looking forward to the Easter weekend when many Australians go to church, get together with friends and eat the customary foods for that time of year.

Of course in most of your home countries your friends are enjoying spring after what has been for many people a long cold winter! We searched the internet to find out if there were any festivals associated with spring in the northern hemisphere and were amazed at how many celebrations we found. Here are just a few…

The Prague Spring International Music Festival in Czechoslovakia.

The Annual International Spring Festival and the Festival of world class music in Newbury both in the USA.

The Baltic Spring Festivals in Lithuania, Latvia & Estonia

The Beijing International Kite Festival

The International Spring Festival in Peru

The Annual Spring Film Festival in Hawaii

An International Buddhist Festival – the Kadampa Festival

The 'Spring Festival' in Kuwait

Spring Festivals in India

Soonchunhyang spring festival in Korea

And we wondered what YOU usually do around this time of year when you are celebrating at home? Please tell us a few of YOUR stories.

Regards

The Blog Team

Clipsal 500 car race

The Clipsal 500 car race begins next Friday 19th March, and it goes for four days. The car race is held on the streets of Adelaide in the eastern parklands and roads. Preparations for it have already started, and roads are starting to be blocked off.

Traffic will be slow and congested and you may need to leave home early to get to your placement on time.

More information can be found on the Clipsal 500 Adelaide 2009 website.

Regards,
The Blog Team