Kanae Quinn and Meng Jin invite the reader to discover Australia through their experiences traveling to various cities. They both enjoyed visiting Sydney, Melbourne, the Gold Coast, Cairns, and Brisbane. The document provides photos and descriptions of the cities as well as the types of food and activities available in Australia, including scuba diving the Great Barrier Reef. An appendix compares common interests and backgrounds of Kanae, Meng, and another participant, showing they both enjoy traveling, cooking, and being open to new experiences.

1. A Crash Course on Creativity
Assignment One
Getting to Know You
Team 15345
Kanae Quinn and Meng Jin
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2. Cairns Gold Coast Sydney Melbourne Brisbane
D B S D Come
a i c i See
n k u n Australia
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3. Why Come to Australia?
Kanae and Meng Invite You
to Discover…
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4. Cities
Although Kanae & Meng live in Saipan and Shanghai, respectively, they have
both traveled extensively in Australia, a diverse country offering visitors a wealth
of scenery, history, culture, entertainment, wildlife and adventure.
Kanae and Meng have both visited the cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Gold
Coast, Cairns and Brisbane.
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5. SYDNEY
Sydney enjoys a relaxed outdoor and beach lifestyle, combined with arts and culture, fine
food and wine, nature and cosmopolitan shopping and nightlife. This is Kanae’s favorite5city.

6. MELBOURNE
Melbourne is a well planned city with wide flat streets laid out in a grid. Renowned for its
shopping, in the jigsaw of tiny laneways hidden behind the main streets you’ll find one-off
boutiques, galleries, and hole-in-the-wall cafés, bars and restaurants. 6

7. GOLD COAST
With superb golden beaches, including the world renowned ‘Surfers Paradise’, the Gold
Coast is a mix of cosmopolitan lifestyles, theme parks, high-end boutiques, and some of
Australia’s best sporting events. 7

8. CAIRNS
Cairns is the gateway to Queensland’s tropical north and the Great Barrier Reef. Here,
you are close to islands, coral reefs and the world’s oldest surviving tropical rainforest. 8

9. BRISBANE
The warm tropical days and nights are perfect for enjoying Brisbane’s many attractions.
Wander through the gardens at South Bank Parklands, Roma Street, Brisbane Forest 9
Park and Portside Wharf.

10. Foods
Who doesn’t like to eat? Kanae and Meng both like Thai, Italian and Chinese
cuisine. In Australia, you can enjoy different types of ethnic delicacies from
around the globe!
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11. These photos were all taken by Meng in Australia! Wouldn’t you like to taste them now?
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12. Dining out or eating in… Meng and Kanae are avid cooks and bakers who like to try new
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recipes.

13. Activities
Kanae & Meng share a fondness for scuba diving, biking and dancing. Australia
is considered paradise for diving the Great Barrier Reef and doing outdoor
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14. Completely surrounded by water and rich in islands and reefs, Australia is a diver’s dream.
The waters shelter a treasure trove of marine life, with more than 4000 species of fish and the
world’s highest diversity of sea grass. Swim with the giant, gentle whale shark on Ningaloo
Reef or with sea-lions and dolphins on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula. Learn to dive on
Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef – the world’s largest living organism. 14

15. Here, Meng is in Cairns diving the Great Barrier Reef with a friendly Napolean Wrasse!!!
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16. Kanae (on the right) spent a day touring Brisbane by mountain bike. She also spotted an
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interesting street sign about dancers while riding the trails.

17. Appendix: Commonalities
Commonalities Both Meng & Kanae Meng Kanae Isikeli Kanae's & Meng's Comments, Questions
Travel - Cairns, Gold Coast, Sydney, Adelaide Visited dreams to travel both enjoy traveling, meeting new people and seeing new things. Learning is important and
We
Travel - Korea Seoul? I try to learn something new daily. Your photos on flickr are great. If you had to pick one photo
Travel - Hong that makes you feel great, which one would you choose? I can't choose!! I love all of them,
dreams to especially the film. i don't kown how it looks like when i took it, but after development, there
Travel-Fiji travel Visited Lives are so many suprises!
Travel - Lives Visited
Enjoy travel very much to meet new
Travel - General people, see new things
Favorites Both Meng & Kanae Meng Kanae Isikeli New Zealand is on my top 5 list of places to visit because of its amazing beauty and outdoor
Travel - New adventures and we have friends there as well. Where is your next place you'd like to travel?
Zealand Queenstown - favorite NZ Why? America!!! wish i can go to USA before end of this year.
Travel - Italy Cinque Terre - favorite Italy Italy
Commonalities Both Meng & Kanae Meng Kanae Isikeli For the last 20 years, I worked as the Director or Sales & Marketing for resorts in Micronesia. I
Work Like Marketing Wish Profession enjoyed the creativity portion, meeting people and letting others know how wonderful the
Dislike monotonous routine work resort was. I'm not that interested in accounting, either, because it seems a bit boring, but I
Work like accounting Profession respect those who do it.
Work Like IT Profession
Work Meeting new people
Commonalities Both Meng & Kanae Meng Kanae Isikeli I'm a Advanced Diver but haven't been diving in years. My favorite dive locally is the Blue
Sports Scuba , Biking, Dancing, Swimming Grotto, which is famous in Saipan. However, my favorite dive site in the world is Palau. It's
Hobbies Photography photobooks absolutely fantastic! For most of my travels in the last few years, I've made photo books to
share with friends/family.
Commonalities Both Meng & Kanae Meng Kanae Isikeli It seems like we both like cooking and eating, a great combination! What food reminds you of
Food Thai, Italian, Chinese easy food crab home? What do you like specifically about cooking? I like the fact that you can mix ingredients
Food Good cooks to make something tasty. It's the combination of items that matter, not necessarily the items
Adventurous try different things individually. I like mix different ingredients together and creat new flaver like you!
Commonalities Both Meng & Kanae Meng Kanae Isikeli If you were at a big party, would you be assertive and introduce yourself to as many people
Meeting new people, productivity, there or just to a few? Why? My answer would be to meet just a few as I like to take the time to
Class Goal open mind, learning get to know people in depth. I agree with you! I'd like to meet few people whom I really like.
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18. THANKS FOR WATCHING.
Australia is Awesome!
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