A gap year allows you to remove yourself from a formal education in classrooms or even labs. It lets you recharge your worn-out batteries. It helps revitalise your interests. If you use the time wisely, a gap year will not only be an adventure but will also broaden your cultural horizons. How, you ask? It is simple. Become part of the voluntourism movement. Join those individuals who want more out of life and make their gap year a means of exploring and immersing themselves in another culture. Check out the opportunities available online then sign up to spend your gap year at home or abroad. If you need some inspiration, maybe you should consider going Down Under.The Great Barrier Reef, surfing, the Outback, and the rainforests and mountains are all part of what make Australia a popular choice for a gap year. A break spent in voluntourism in Australia can result in experience in caring for a wide variety of mammals - very unique members of the world wildlife community. Consider what you can possibly do while spending your gap year working as a volunteer in Australia.
• Visit and work with the wildlife on Kangaroo Island
• Feed and care for endangered species
• Monitor the habits and habitats of wallabies, possums, echidnas and koalas
• Learn about koalas in a koala sanctuary
• Help professionals in their work and learn how and, better still, why they do it
• Discover how to restore habitats including tree planting and seed gathering
• Learn how to monitor the environment
Going abroad to Australia or another country during your gap year does more than expand your physical landscape. It broadens your emotional and cultural one. A gap year allows you the time to take stock of what is important in your life, and it allows you to learn about another way of living. Voluntourism is one way to learn more about a different country while enjoying new experiences, going on an adventure and being part of a greater good.
