Life lessons learnt on the other side of the world

Posted: 14 Jul 10 | AFTER a 30 minute drive in the tightly packed bus, we were all eager to get out and explore eBay — a company used by over one billion people. |

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A golden run of San Fran fun

Posted: 02 Jul 10 | On a picturesque day in San Francisco, the sun was beaming down and illuminating the Golden Gate Bridge. We took advantage of the unusually pristine conditions and put our fitness to the test on the 5.4 km run across the famous landmark. |

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BCC abroad: retina scanning, a crooked street and a 40-hour birthday

Posted: 29 Jun 10 | Follow the journey of a group of Ballarat Clarendon College students to the city of hills — San Francisco. Today, they blog about a retina scanning, a crooked street and a 40-hour birthday. |

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Day eight: the American football jungle

Posted: 22 Sep 09 | DAY eight and we awoke to a supposed heatwave. Temperatures unheard of. Been tearing through the news for weeks. 27 degrees. |

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Day seven: the journey to Alcatraz

Posted: 22 Sep 09 | DAY seven and probably our easiest day yet. In the morning we went on a cruise, which was lovely, even though it lasted about 12 minutes. Really, we were catching the boat over to Alcatraz, one of the most infamous prisons in history. |

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Day six: Tesla and a surprise seafood buffet

Posted: 21 Sep 09 | DAY six was a bit of a gentler one on the group, a world little bit less corporate and perhaps a little bit life styled. In the morning we went to Tesla, meeting up with Laura’s husband Adam for a tour of one of the only electric carmakers in the world. |

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Day five: a trip to Silicon Valley

Posted: 21 Sep 09 | DAY five and we have surpassed the top of the hill, the halfway mark of the trip. Today we made our first visit to Silicon Valley, visiting Laura again, this time at her workplace, as chief of staff to the chief executive officer of eBay. |

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Day four: a trip to Stanford University

Posted: 18 Sep 09 | DAY four and the vertex, the pointy end of the trip is upon us. Drove for about an hour to Stanford University, one of the largest and most prestigious universities on the west coast. |

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Day three: Genentech and the gym

Posted: 17 Sep 09 | DAY three and it could be said a more serious one. I went to the gym across the road at six: absolutely incredible. They had a machine for almost every single muscle in the body, and about 50 treadmills and bikes just crammed in, and that was just the first floor. There were four of them. |

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Day two: Berkeley, baseball but no Australian newspaper

Posted: 16 Sep 09 | DAY two and we woke to a lovely Continental breakfast and a lovely San Francisco: it looked a lot better today because the sun was out, a lot more colourful. |

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Students get first taste of San Francisco

Posted: 15 Sep 09 | 2PM, Sunday 13th September. Thirteen Ballarat Clarendon College students waited eagerly in the shell of a QANTAS jet, about to take off on a flight to San Francisco. |

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