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Dana

danadownunder

About Me

Gee, what is there to say?! I am in my 10th year of about 11.5 of University. Currently, I am working on my PhD at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. My PhD is in marine biology and I am studying seagrass interactions with an invasive alga. I guess that sums it up. I am a big nerd and will finally finish school when I am about 30. Aside from that I love to travel and post several pictures of my adventures on my online travel log:www.danadownunder.mytraveljournals.com.

My Interests

Seagrass, algae, fish, travel

I'd like to meet:

People that wear thongs on their feet and not in their butt crack!

Music:

I like all kinds of stuff. Lately it has been Lee Harding, Ben Lee, Missy Higgins, Sugarland, Keith Urban, Uncle Kracker, and Green Day...Thanks itunes!

Movies:

Sappy, girly, funny I like it!

Television:

I only have 4 channels...

Books:

There is more to read than just journal articles?!

Heroes:

My Pillow!

My Blog

Thailand Part 2

So when I last left off I was sick of tourists in Phuket and on my way to Phi Phi (Pee Pee) ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Islands. Phi Phi is a group of...
Posted by Dana on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:04:00 PST

Thailand Part 1

I got to Thailand on Weds night and basically came in and passed out. It was funny because the bed I am sleeping i was clearly designed for someone a bit shorter than me as my feet hang of the en...
Posted by Dana on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 06:03:00 PST

Cards, Pranksters, and White Flags

I have spent a lot of time on North Stradbroke Island (Straddie) doing my fieldwork. In that time I have made fair few friends at the research station. We get together every Thursday night when I am t...
Posted by Dana on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 07:20:00 PST

Sharks in South Australia

Australia is well known for sharks...and shark attacks. Recently a girl was eaten in Moreton Bay near one of my study sites. Last year a researcher was eaten in South Australia, a place I just started...
Posted by Dana on Sun, 02 Apr 2006 01:50:00 PST

A good day...

So two good things have happened recently... 1) My paper made it to print, so I now can nerdly add the full citation to my CV...very exciting. Nevermind the 4 other papers I have yet to write. 2) I go...
Posted by Dana on Sat, 25 Feb 2006 04:04:00 PST

DT's...So very wrong!

This story comes from my exciting trip to Wet and Wild on the Gold Coast! It was very fun, by the way. Ok, so I know in European countries Speedos at quite popular. Given Australia's historical Europe...
Posted by Dana on Fri, 27 Jan 2006 02:49:00 PST

Aussie Parties

First of all, I just got back from home (6 weeks) and I am still a little jet lagged...damn 18 hour time change! Anyways, my supervisor had a belated b-day party last night with a "J" theme. That is c...
Posted by Dana on Sun, 15 Jan 2006 10:43:00 PST

My First Paper...

My first paper from my masters was published online today in "Marine Biology"...it will show up in print some time in 2006. I have included the link to the abstract below. If you would like the whole ...
Posted by Dana on Sun, 15 Jan 2006 10:55:00 PST

Google Earth!

So, I am totally addicted to Google Earth! It is like a an online globe with pictures. All in one night I can see Paris, Rome, My old apts in LA and Texas as well as my parent's house and of course my...
Posted by Dana on Sat, 19 Nov 2005 04:04:00 PST

Australia, the only country to eat its national mascot!

 So I have heard of people eating kangaroo, but I have never actually been anywhere that has it on the menu nor have I seen it in the store&until last night. At the grocery store I saw some packa...
Posted by Dana on Wed, 09 Nov 2005 01:26:00 PST