Introduction

My name is Richard Hinman. I am a history student at Royal Holloway, University of London (I know you have never heard of it, but thats what google is for!). However for the next 14 months I will be living in Melbourne, Australia. I have a place at the University of Melbourne for a year, which will count towards my final degree. This is not only the first time I have been to Australia, but it is also the first time I have been outside of Europe. As I plan to spend such a long time in a completely new country, I want to write down my experiences in the form of a blog. Originally this was to be focused on sport, but on my journey over here (I had plenty of time to think about it), I decided that a general account of my time would more interested to you the reader. This is not going to be a highly sophisticated work on the lines of Micheal Palin and co. If anything it will be the ramblings of a Yorkshire man far away from home, without a clue of what is going on around him. Despite this, I hope that you will find this blog interesting. My aim is to tell the story of my adventure. I want to find out about the country that I will call home for the next year and more importantly what being Australian is all about. I know being on campus at a university may not give me the most accurate account of Australian life, but I will endeavor to spend time outside of the confines of the local educational system. I do have three months off over Christmas and I plan to spend that time travelling across this land. I will post something new every couple of days and these posts will vary in length and topic.  Hopefully my story will be engaging to you and worth reading.

Thanks
Rich