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Australian Animals!

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As you may or may not know, this summer I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to visit the land down under through my Master’s grad coursework through the Project Dragonfly program!   To be honest, I could not believe I was actually going to follow through on this trip while I was thinking of the high cost, the long flight, oh my!   This trip had been a lifelong dream of mine, ever since I had read about Meggie and Ralph and seen the TV mini-series The Thorn Birds.   It was from that moment forward that I had been crazy about this unique continent, both with its genuine, fun people and it’s unique environments and wildlife. I’m a lover of animals.   I’ve been drawing them extensively all my life and quite honestly, I’ve felt more close to animals than most other people.   I have this sense that I can understand their thinking and what they’re feeling, kind of like we are a part of one another.   I will blame all of this on the fact that I’m an only child and many types o