kjp

Well over the second half of last week I was "back to school" on a course at the QUT (Queensland University of Technology). It's was an interesting few days. Learnt a few things; re-enforced some ideas in my head: Good. It was part of the structured development program at work. I'll be going on another 2 1/2 day course towards the end of July: should be interesting as well.

The course was held at the Gardens Point campus of QUT - which is right next to the city / gardens / bend in the river. One of the main things that struck me was that it was more like a city than what I was used to. I studied at uni at the ANU (Australian National University) in the ACT. The ANU is much more spread out, with lots of grassy areas / courtyards between the buildings. And the highest building at ANU would be only a few stories high. The Gardens Point campus of the QUT was a lot more compressed and taller. It didn't take long to walk across the entire campus.

Because I'm classified as a postgraduate part time student I've got rights to borrow from the library there and internet access at the computer labs (if I wanted it...). Might come in handy.

A few other tidbits - it takes about 20 minutes to walk from central station to Block S at QUT. There's supposed to be a free bus loop that goes around the city. It's supposed to come every 10 minutes - so if you just miss it you're probably better off walking...