Tuesday 17 February 2015

Oweek here in Australia!

You can smell Oweek from here in Australia!


Yes, the traditional Oweek celebrations are gearing up in each university in Australia. It’s the time when honoured traditions are fulfilled from foot races, to debates, to beer tents, to dressing up and roaming the campus abound! 

Follow Comments Following Comments Unfollow CommentsDoesn’t matter how big or small the campus is, each university will have some sort of meet and greet team ready for newbies, some sort of entertainment and definitely lots of academic and administration staff hanging around ready to answer the easy and not so easy questions. 

When I was younger monkey, my university only had 2000 students. Now it’s over 10,000 there. 

Mind you, the Oweek celebrations seem the same!  Which can be a good thing.  We had an annual foot race to honour a student that passed away in Oweek many moons ago. Each year his Mum and Dad come along and do the honours of starting the race, and presenting the winner a trophy. It’s a nice reminder to stay safe, and also shows the heart of the campus.

What traditions does your university have?

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