The Phi Beta Dingo internship program schedule is designed to include as much as possible and pre-arranges all accommodation and activities to maximize the experience students have during their time in Australia. The Cairns orientation program has shared accommodation in the backpacker hotel in the center of the town and many great adventure and cultural activities.

The Sydney portion of the program includes shared accommodation, along with the city and workplace orientation and the other group activities. Optional travel activities are also offered for the group of students each weekend, allowing the students to select the travel activities that suit their interest and budgets.

Phi Beta Dingo Sydney Internship Program
Sunday, June 12– Monday, August 6, 2011
Sydney, Australia - Internship

Friday, June 10th
Depart the US

Sunday, June 12th - arrive in Australia
Phi Beta Dingo staff will meet all arriving students at the airport and transport them and their luggage to accommodation in Sydney and manage the check-in process. If any University faculty are coming from the U.S. with the students, faculty will be transported to hotel facilities in Sydney with luggage.

Welcome lunch and Sydney orientation
During the welcome lunch, all students and faculty will be given Sydney travel passes that provide unlimited trips on all buses, trains and ferries in Sydney during the orientation week period.

Afternoon: Walking tour of the city of Sydney with information about “how to get around” for those students interning in the city as well as seeing the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Sydney Opera House, the Royal Botanical Gardens and the historical Rocks area.

Group welcome dinner.

Evening free

Monday, June 13th
Monday 13th June is a public holiday, due to the Queen's birthday.

Monday is the “Get ready for work” day as all the students have the entire day free to prepare for their first day on the job. No activities are scheduled so that students will have time to map their travel plan to work on public transport, prepare their work clothes for the first day on the job and prepare all the Phi Beta Dingo documents that are required by the various organizations hosting the interns.

Tuesday, June 14th - Internships begin for all students
Phi Beta Dingo staff will be available all day to assist with any needs the students have on the first day of their internships and will be available in the afternoon and evening for the entire first week to assist with the smooth transition into the work place for all of the students.

Wednesday, June 14th – Friday, August 5th
All Students participate in their custom-designed internship experience for 8 weeks, working 4 days a week Monday –Thursday with Friday’s free to complete any coursework that is required by their University.

Since students are free on Fridays, optional travel activities outside Sydney and in the Sydney area will be offered on most weekends. A 4th of July “mid-internship” bar-b-que is also on the schedule and included for all students. These Sydney weekend activities are completely optional and the students sign up for them on their own and at their own cost. Phi Beta Dingo will organize a “sign-up” session for these optional activities and visits to the following:
• Cairns long weekend (Great Barrier Reef and Daintree Rainforest)
• Blue Mountains day trip
• Hunter Valley wine tasting day trip
• Sailing in the Whitsunday Islands
• Learn to Surf weekend
• Skiing in Thredbo
• a performance at the Sydney Opera House
• a tour of the famous bars and pubs of Sydney
• Jervis Bay weekend
• Port Stephens weekend
• Sydney Harbour Cruise

Friday, August 5th - Farewell Dinner in Sydney for all interns

Saturday, August 6th - Depart Australia & fly home to the US