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Stunning Queenslander Homes
I've been going through our old photographs from when we lived in Brisbane, as we loved the city and haven't ever really got round to...
Jun 2, 20192 min read
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Sydney | So Much To Explore
Sydney is such a magnificent place and holds a special place in our hearts as we lived there for 5 months whilst on our ‘Australian...
May 12, 20185 min read
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Australia | The Truth About Fraser Island
Located on Australia’s east coast in Queensland lies the largest sand island in the world, Fraser Island. But what happens when the truth is
Apr 28, 20184 min read
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The Jobs We've Landed Whilst Travelling
Setting out for our Australian Working Holiday Visa in 2011, I imagined we would get jobs working in bars and restaurants, my imagination...
Apr 3, 20175 min read
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The Long Way Home via China
24th Jun 2012 - 26th Jun 2012 So the journey home began by wakening up at 4am on Sunday and getting a shuttle bus to the airport, we...
Jun 24, 20124 min read
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Arriving In Your New Country Of Australia
Arriving in a new country for the first time can be pretty daunting, even for the savviest traveller. Some people may be lucky and land...
Jun 24, 20124 min read
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All My Bags Are Packed I'm Ready To Go....
7th Jun 2012 - 23rd Jun 2012 Arriving back in Sydney we put adverts up on Gumtree and posters on hostel notice boards to try sell the...
Jun 7, 20125 min read
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Our Van
6th Jun 2012 - After spending a third of our Australian adventure in our campervan it was time to sell up our home. We had a great time...
Jun 6, 20122 min read
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The Great Ocean Road And Beyond
31st May 2012 - 5th Jun 2012 Left South Australia and started our journey on the Great Ocean Road. The road was built by soldiers who...
May 31, 20122 min read
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Heading South
25th May 2012 - 30th May 2012 - Crossing the border from the Northern Territory into South Australia, we continued to see more of the...
May 25, 20122 min read
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Woohoo Uluru + Kata Tjuta + Kings Canyon
22nd May 2012 - 24th May 2012 An easier days drive to Ayers Rock today, but if it had been long it'd still have been worth it. We arrived...
May 22, 20123 min read
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The Never Never
18th May 2012 - 21st May 2012 Left Darwin and headed 670km back down to Katherine. We visited the famous Nitmiluk National Park, and...
May 18, 20122 min read
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Crocs, Snakes and Waterfalls at The Top End
14th May 2012 - 17th May 2012 Alarm set very early, had a long hot shower then headed all the way to Darwin, it was 969km and took us...
May 14, 20125 min read
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The long long drive from Queensland to the Northern Territory
11th May 2012 - 13th May 2012 Left Cairns with our hitchhikers in tow, our friends Conor and Jade who we took down to Townsville, they...
May 11, 20122 min read
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The Awesomely Wicked Great Barrier Reef!
6th May 2012 - 10th May 2012 - And so we headed back to where it all started- Cairns. We used our free meal voucher from TravelBugs...
May 6, 20123 min read
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Sun, Sail and Snorkelling in The Whitsundays
3rd May 2012 - 5th May 2012 Boarded the Tongarra catameran- our home for the next few days. It was a gorgeous day as we left Airlie and...
May 3, 20123 min read
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Where have we been now?!?
29th Apr 2012 - 2nd May 2012 - Next stop after Noosa was Bundaberg which was a 3 hour journey up the East Coast. Bundaberg is home to the...
Apr 29, 20123 min read
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Fraser Island | Our Trip To The Largest Sand Island In The World
24th Apr 2012 - 28th Apr 2012 Arriving in Rainbow Beach, Shannon decided to go surfing again, so he hired a board and took to the shark...
Apr 24, 20124 min read
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I'm A Backpacker Get Me Out Of Here
19th Apr 2012 - 23rd Apr 2012 - Headed up to the Sunshine Coast, stopping off to marvel at the Glasshouse Mountains named so because...
Apr 19, 20125 min read
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Only 9 weeks left of our amazing adventure!
9th Apr 2012 - 18th Apr 2012 - Drove back to Brisbane and parked up on Cricket Street across from number 81- our old house. We went for...
Apr 9, 20122 min read
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Spending Easter looking for Sharks instead of Bunnies
2nd Apr 2012 - 8th Apr 2012 - And so it was back to Byron to do our diving with SSI (scuba school international) (which is similar to a...
Apr 2, 20124 min read
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If the vans a rockin' don't come a knockin'
19th Mar 2012 - 1st Apr 2012 Left Darren and Lorraine's after a lazy morning (and catching up with laundry- who knows when will be next)....
Mar 19, 20128 min read
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Melbourne | Formula 1 & Shannon's Birthday!
15th Mar 2012 - 18th Mar 2012 Finally after 56 days it was time for Shannon to become as old as me! For Shans birthday I bought tickets...
Mar 15, 20122 min read
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Beach Huts and P-p-pick up a penguin
10th Mar 2012 - 14th Mar 2012 Our flight landed back into Melbourne about 10am, our flight with Jetstar was fine and we had amazing views...
Mar 10, 20122 min read
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