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Melbourne adventures
![A bird's eye view of the State Library of Victoria, showing people studying at desks.](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-08/library-g6f39dc1ae_1280.jpg?h=1c9b88c9&itok=KcXYNb38)
Recently travelling to Melbourne for a short holiday, I found there was so much to do.
Whale migration
Oh August, I feel like you went by too quickly. The last weeks of winter have always been celebrated with a migration of sorts and this annual retreat has become a tradition. One that always felt like a rebirth, and I will always be grateful to winter’s chill for the darkness that makes fires burn brighter and hotter.
Quick getaway
![Glenelg jetty](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-09/danny-lau-7gdoe3plaj0-unsplash.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=gCRvzapC)
It’s that time of the semester again – classes are halted for two weeks and we’re all itching to escape the academic life that we have been so privileged to wallow in these past few weeks.
Go Wallabies!
![Me, at the Rugby Championship (photo by Asirah)](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-09/img-5697.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=SE6hDFBt)
A few weeks ago, Australians, South Africans, rugby fans and everyone in between crowded the Adelaide Oval to watch the Wallabies and Springboks go head-to-head for the Rugby Championship test match.
Addicted to sentimentality
![Pink box full of personal mementos](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-07/pexels-freestocksorg-172756.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=jEhmOnA2)
While I pack endless boxes before moving away, I'm forced to decide if the emotional value of every tiny little thing I own is really worth as much as I think it is.
The indomitable human spirit
![Woman laughing.](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-09/gabrielle-henderson-gaa5prmn-co-unsplash_0.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=ZlB4sSPn)
The internet isn’t particularly the best place in the universe. It has garnered a rather bad name when it comes to the way it can seriously affect one’s mental and to some extent, physical health.
Being there
![Wooden sculpture of an adult nursing a baby](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-09/sculpture-2406078_1920.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=QSs0aYnr)
A good friend I've not spoken to in months called me this week with such happy news - she and her partner are having a baby!
Fitting the stereotype
![A young woman holding a mirror shard showing part of her face](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-06/pexels-ismael-sanchez-2282000.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=8iun4LEp)
Recently, I wrote about not feeling physically 'ill enough to rest' and it led me to think about times I've thought I'm not mentally 'ill enough for help'.
Nurturing plants, nurturing me
![green foliage of devil's ivy (pothos) vines](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-09/devils-ivy-g87104068a_1920.jpg?h=8faa3f92&itok=QXDmVjwk)
My first plant started off as a small vine of devil’s ivy that kept me company during the 2020 lockdown.