Our PhD student Bartlomiej Gaida had an opportunity to visit Monash University located in Melbourne, which is one of the top 8 universities in Australia. Bartek was working under the supervision of prof. Douglas MacFarlane and dr Karolina Matuszek. During 10 weeks-stay he was studying physical properties of carbohydrate-based materials previously synthesized at SUT. Bartek improved his skills in using differential scanning calorimetry and learned principles of single crystal X-ray diffraction technique used to characterize 3D structures of crystalline substances. Moreover, during the internship he presented his most recent results at 10^th Australian Symposium on Ionic Liquids conference. The internship has been possible by the Synergy Project founded by National Agency for Academic Exchange. Working with a fantastic prof. MacFarlane’s group and a possibility to see the most iconic Australian endemic species like koalas and kangaroos in their natural environment was a great experience!