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__//Evan's Reflection//__ //For my research topic in the CBD I choose to look at free attractions with Shreyas and Varun. I was also appointed, along with Shreyas, Webmaster. This made my time in the the city very, very, busy. Working in a group for an extended period of time is something that we don't do very often, however it helped us to complete all of our tasks and produce a very informative wiki about free attractions in the city, as we could pool all our knowledge of free attractions together.//

__Being a webmaster__

For me, a normal CBD day would have many tasks, most I enjoyed, a few I did not and a couple were just simply frustrating and mind numbingly repetitive. Fun tasks included looking at the different photos people took and marvelling at how many photos people take of silliness. Making quizzes with the qwizdom for everyone to complete was also fun when the remotes worked. A few boring and repetitive tasks were like having to continuously rename and relink pages or having to keep showing people how to resize images.

__Free Attractions In The City Page __ Our group has produced an excellent informative page about free attractions in Melbourne. Each group member has contributed towards the end product. At times working within a group can be frustrating however we all managed to get along and work together to complete our website. I chose this topic because I think that people would be able to read our pages and get something really useful out of it. I think that our wiki is well organised, informative and interesting. I would like to do another wiki comparing paid attractions with free attractions.

__Class Excursions__

I found that most of the excursions I went on were informative, fun and interesting. My two favorite excursions were to the Eureka Tower as we had the chance to go on The Edge and the second visit to the State Library as they gave us a free bracelet USB and books for participating in a research group.

__Mini Excursions__

I enjoyed going on mini excursions because it was a chance for our group to go out and take a closer look at free attractions in Melbourne. Our educational walk through the Botanic Gardens was very enjoyable and interesting. I also enjoyed visiting Parliament House during question time and watching the politicians in the green room yelling and screaming at each other. The red room was not as interesting as it was a lot more relaxed and laid back. I found it very surprising to find such different atmospheres in each room of Parliament.

__Friday Swimming__

Going swimming on Fridays at the city baths was very enjoyable, particularly when we got to play water polo, although it turned out more like jump on whoever has the ball. On the 3rd visit we decided to just play around, which I thought was good because we could do what we liked. On the last visit, we had a competition to see who could swim the most laps of the pool without coming up for a breath. Everybody was amazed when Andrew could swim 2 and 3/4 laps of the pool in one breath. I think he must have an extra lung inside him somewhere.

__Using Public Transport__

At first it was fun to travel on the train to and from the city. As the weeks went by the weather became very hot and I did not enjoy it as much. Also my monthly Metcard stopped working in the machines so I would have to show my Metcard to an attendant every time I needed to pass through the gates. Overall train travelling was okay. I particularly do not like trams because they are infrequent, crowded and often don't have any air conditioning. During my time at school I have always been able to walk to and from school. Walking to school is far more pleasant and relaxing than catching public transport to school. I really appreciate this now.

__The CeeBeeDee program overall__

Going to school in the city for the last 5 weeks has been a really enjoyable experience. It was great fun going somewhere different and seeing something new everyday because at school we rarely have any change from the usual work, which gets a bit boring after a while. I really enjoyed the CeeBeeDee program and I hope I can do something similar again one day.

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