Dani's Adventures in Australia: Home Away From Home: Southbank Campus Apartments

I have officially been in Australia for 4 months, with zero internet in my room. None of my loves from America have seen any further than Apartment 603-- Vince, Mikey and Geoff's Room, as there apartment is the only place I have been able to use internet to Skype and show the place off. Therefore, this photo blog is the best I can do. Most of these photos are stolen from the lovely Geoff Goral. His photography skills are killer so I have taken the liberty to just steal them without permission. =]
Oh, and I also stole some of his captions. Because I should be writing a paper. and I am lazy. So please, credit this whole blog as if Geoff wrote it. Because that's basically what is happening right now. Anything in quotes was written by him :) THANKS GEOFF for helping me be a lazy butt by already doing this blog. :)

The lovely Southbank Campus Apartments. Where each and every one of my lovely friends live <3 onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiyZ3v0HAqqZFi4UQmO0P-vOiT0d6F0R_r4QrTagyUrKRi3rOqbCWB4_cxBdtVeEoddosYYMvxudTnDTnXJ0ns1CqbyaperpzOOTkrUnxXnDa5MWww9VnmO_o8rRU2bhk_M7esSItdPLM/s1600/DSC_6375.jpg">

The third floor has a deck with a pool overlooking the William Jolly Bridge and the Brisbane CBD. It has BBQs and tables, and it's pretty common for us to spend time out there. Whether it's the middle of the day and we are just jumping in a swim, or we have gotten all dolled up to go out and enjoy a few rooftop drinks, the deck is one of my favorite things here. We are able to put
speakers out of my friend Daniel's apartment windows to listen to music while we enjoy our time socializing!

"Our apartments are set just across the street from the Cultural Center, which is comprised of the Modern Art Museum, State Library, Natural History Museum, and the Performing Arts Center. This whole complex is set on the south side of the river, alongside the boardwalk and Streets Beach. To get to the city it take about a 10 minute walk across any one of the bridges that go over the river. After that it’s about 10 more minutes to get to campus or “Uni” as they
say here."

Counter clockwise from top left: Our game room and lounge, laundry room where they charge $3 a load, The Joint; our coffee shop at the corner of our building. And finally, the lobby.

Now. For my REAL home away from home...
Welcome to 603, the messiest, busiest, funnest, most frustrating room in the place. This is NOT where I live, well, not technically at least. I live in 203, which is 4 floors below this wonderful place. People come and go all day long as they please. It is more common to find more people who DO NOT live in this apartment than it is to find those who DO. The guys always leave a flip flop in the door when they leave, giving me liberty to waltz up there whenever I please. They always come home to find people hanging out who don't live there. They also play host to all our friends, and THEREFORE, their apartment is in a constant state of post-get-together conditions, meaning dirty dishes, trash, and random belongings. But we know how the Aussies operate: no worries mate! But seriously.. this place can get DISGUSTING.

There’s a reason the beds are out on the floor. We often have slumber parties where up to a dozen people will just bring mattresses, blankets, and pillows, and we’ll watch movies together all night. These photos were taken after one such event.

They have a really nice balcony that overlooks the city. Love <3 onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmvcHjjgDXxFQgovWNLt6xBZJ7WJDgXP11-AJaOCDr2p3769UKAU1b3SfZAaWbO8EbnkMmbIIpIf3IkwsnZIgJdYBSUMTRBn1dOIY_M_ap1U_PPLw1iOt0rop1jQ3If5cyVrJlyog8CcQ/s1600/DSC_6278.jpg">