Study abroad Australia advice- the stuff students ACTUALLY care about...?

-So I'm planning on going abroad for the second semester of my third year in college. Australia is the country in mind, and the institution would be QUT in Brisbane. Basically I'm interested in the information not commonly displayed on university websites and study abroad brochures.



Let's get to it:



* bar/party scene/nightlife - going to school at SJSU so pretty much anything would be considered an upgrade



* things to do in Brisbane or the immediate area (things college students actually want to do; not museums of art and other brochure crap)



* laws I should be aware of - not tryin' to end up like those people on Locked Up Abroad



* Ganja, and the things I should know about it in regards to Australia and Brisbane. Availability, quality, prices, the attitude towards the stuff (socially as well as legally)



Any other common sense things you think I should know before going. Like if you've been, all the things that when you got there you were like "ohh damn, how did I not anticipate this?"Before I went to study in Australia, I wondered some very similar things (although not about the drugs!) and all I could find was the boring advice in brochures and stuff. Then I got chatting in a forum and someone pointed me in the direction of http://www.studylane.com.au which is actually run by someone just like us who went to study in Oz but felt there was a gap of people providing helpful info like this!

He's now got other former and current students advising on a new social network forum as well I noticed this week (http://www.studylane.com.au/social/forum鈥?/a> so not only can you ask your questions in there, but make sure you enrol at QUT THROUGH studylane, coz then they give you loads of great free stuff, help paying for your textbooks, application help etc, it was awesome :-)

Good luck and enjoy Brisbane, it's so cool!

xGanja is illegal and possessing even a single quantity will result in a charge (and on a student visa possibly sent home). QUT is right in the city and the city is where they have (evenings and on w.e) drug sniffing dogs roaming the streets and train stations. So that side of things will have to put on hold for the term.



To have a Qld experience you will have to get into NRL - especially the state of origin (hint - you hate NSW).