Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences

Marine Science was a strange choice of degree for a girl from the wheatbelt town of Narrogin.

My family always used to holiday on the coast, and I found myself missing the beach a lot when holidays were over. I decided when I was 13, on a trip to Ningaloo Reef, that I wanted to study Marine Biology.

I enjoyed the third year of the course most as it was more focussed on marine science rather than general botany and zoology.

The highlight of my course was a field trip in third year to Shark Bay for one week. We camped for a week on Faure Island, south of Monkey Mia, and spent our time working on mini research projects in small groups. It was a fantastic setting and a very enjoyable week.

I now work for Scitech in the Kids' Science State.