If you’re studying a language at university and have to take a year abroad you may be weighing up your options. Perhaps you could work, study or become a language assistant on your year abroad. I studied French at The…
Continue readingAlong with the Whitsunday Islands, Fraser Island is a staple stop off for backpackers heading up, or down, Australia’s East Coast. My friend, Rachel, and I stopped off at Fraser Island where we boarded a ferry with a group and…
Continue readingIn 2013 I was invited on a trip to Venice with my university rowing club of which I was a part. We were to take part in the 2nd International University Regata. The fastest boats would then go on to…
Continue readingIf you’re travelling up the east coast of Australia on a backpackers trip as I did when I was 20, then you’ll definitely want to add a visit to the Whitsunday Islands to your Australia itinerary. We opted for the…
Continue readingBack in 2011 (years before I started this blog!) I visited Australia for the first time and spent a month going up the east coast from Sydney to Cairns with one of my best friends from university. Brisbane was one…
Continue readingEvery winter’s morning I’ve been waking up with the sunrise and glancing out of the windows before I do anything else. You know it’s going to be a good day when the tops of the mountains have turned white. The…
Continue readingAs the temperatures are slowly starting to warm up it’s got me thinking about summer adventures. And the type of adventure that’s on my mind the most right now is kayaking. It might have something to do with the fact…
Continue readingAre you someone who tries to learn the language of a country you’re visiting? Personally I think it’s important to know at least the basics. Learning “Hello”, “Goodbye” and “Thank You” is easy to do and makes a big difference….
Continue readingIf you’re planning to travel and live in a camper van and sleep for free then you can make it a whole lot easier by making your camper van stealthy. Our Elvis the van is pretty stealthy and I’d credit that…
Continue readingDespite the fact that Vancouver is a pretty green city complete with beaches and a massive park (Stanley Park), every now and again it’s nice to escape this and find somewhere even greener. Enter Bowen Island. Bowen Island is covered…
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