The seven Charles Sturt University (CSU) Ontario students currently in Wagga Wagga and Dubbo are now in their last week of practicum teaching in the Australian bush. Three are at North Wagga Public School, two at Peak Hill Central School and two at Macquarie Anglican Grammar School in Dubbo. The Peak Hill and Dubbo prac. teachers Crystal Napasney, Laura Lande, Mandy Greenspoon and Erin McAlister spent Saturday night at Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo having close encounters with various wildlife. Crystal describes Peak Hill as “very rural and very flat. It’s not desert but there’s not much green. It’s brown and dusty.” Laura says this overseas practicum “will be like the icing on the teacher's college cake. I’ve definitely gained an international perspective. The training I’ve received means I could teach anywhere in the world.” Read more about CSU in Ontario here.