So I just slipped off the radar for a few weeks there - the reason? I actually got a last minute job working in a country pub in the middle of the, well, country. This meant no internet apart from a little bit of data, and made it nigh on impossible to do any updates… Continue reading A Year Working In Australia: An Overview
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A Year Of Travel: My Highlights
It feels strange to say that we've been travelling for a year. Because, I suppose, we haven't. It's a year since we left the UK, sure, but we've made a little home for ourselves in the sub-tropical city of Brisbane, and while we've been making various trips around Australia, it's not been the full-on travel… Continue reading A Year Of Travel: My Highlights
Coastal Walks & Opera Houses: We Finally Got To See Sydney Properly
I'm not a huge fan of Sydney. There, I said it. I felt like it was an unfair judgement of such a diverse city though, based on peeks and glances into the surface on day trips that were barely even a day. I first visited last June, passing through after our worst job in the… Continue reading Coastal Walks & Opera Houses: We Finally Got To See Sydney Properly
The Pros and Cons of Living in a Hostel
After months of travelling around hostels and changing beds every few days, we were looking forward to settling down in Brisbane and getting our own apartment. We spent five weeks (four weeks too many) living in a central hostel with a party atmosphere before moving to a laid-back "sharehouse"-type hostel closer to my work. Cut… Continue reading The Pros and Cons of Living in a Hostel
#tbt: That Time We Went to Europe to See a Band
It's our sixth anniversary on Tuesday, so I thought I'd write a post on Ash and I's first trip abroad together. I'd like to think of it as a poignant moment of our relationship - we actually planned it before we even got together; it's partly what brought us together, and the band is the whole… Continue reading #tbt: That Time We Went to Europe to See a Band
Australia Zoo vs Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary
When we arrived in Brisbane, I assumed that the first thing we'd do as huge fans of Steve Irwin, would be to visit his legacy in Australia Zoo. But at $59 a ticket, we decided to put it off and went to Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary for half the price instead. (you can read my… Continue reading Australia Zoo vs Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary
#tbt A Mediterranean Adventure: Gibraltar & Morocco
I always put some really peculiar things on my travel bucket list. One of the first things that crawled its way onto it was visiting Gibraltar to get the shortest ferry across the Mediterranean sea to Morocco - what a perfect little mix of British, European and Arabian culture. Plus, you know, Gibraltar is full… Continue reading #tbt A Mediterranean Adventure: Gibraltar & Morocco
Weekend Wishlist: A Traveller’s Christmas
My mum has been asking what I'd like for Christmas, and with little over a month to go, I started drawing blanks. My go-to answer is always in the form of tours or activities or experiences, but the more I thought about it, the more I realised how many practical travel accessories I could do with.… Continue reading Weekend Wishlist: A Traveller’s Christmas
#tbt Summer 2008: Living the American Dream
My first solo trip abroad was, like many of my travels, unconventional. To start with - I was leaving my partner at home to work in the USA over the summer. After working, I'd be exploring New York City, my first time in a city by myself, before hitting up Canada and staying with a… Continue reading #tbt Summer 2008: Living the American Dream
Budgeting For Your Southeast Asia Trip
In this post, I'm going to outline exactly how much this part of the trip cost us, and hopefully it will help some of you to budget what you need. I've been working on this for a while and meant to post it along with my other budgeting guides but didn't think it was ready.… Continue reading Budgeting For Your Southeast Asia Trip
An Orcadian Abroad 