Toto, we're not in Brisbane anymore
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Blogger: Abigail Lynch, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and a CSIS member, blogs from Down Under -- she's in Australia to build a framework for her dissertation research. She's interested in developing a decision-support tool to regulate harvest management strategies for lake whitefish in a changing climate.
Toto, we're not in Brisbane anymore
July 20, 2011
Sydney is a super-city. It seems funny to write it that way, but after becoming comfortable in Brisbane, being here (and particularly driving here) is a much more urban experience – more people, more cars, more confusion. The weather has been a bit uncompromising (almost constant rain and wind), but Sydney is still a very walkable city. In one day, I feel as though I was able to gain a good feel for the city: walking up from Darlinghurst to Circular Quay and the famed Sydney Opera House then over to The Rocks, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and ferrying over to Darling Harbour, walking to Chinatown and back.
The Opera House is really a spectacular structure. It is so unusual and stunning that anywhere you are in the harbor area, your eyes are automatically drawn to it. It is so iconic as well – I’ve seen it so many times on TV and it is such a symbol of Australia that it was almost hard to believe that I was actually standing next to it today! Yes, I have to tell myself, I am in Oz!!
Lynch's studies are supported by a William W. and Evelyn M. Taylor Endowed Fellowship for International Engagement in Coupled Human and Natural Systems, an International Studies and Programs Predissertation Award, an Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior Summer Fellowship, a Graduate School Research Enhancement Award, and a travel award from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
