Mum arrived just before my Easter break. After a trip down to relatives on the south coast, with a day of luck at the Nowra races, we decided to head up the coast to Byron Bay. I have a soft spot for this beach town, recommended to me by my Dad, but Mum had missed […]
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After a fun Christmas and New Year with ex pats, all together on the beach complete with decorated “sandmen”, I took my next visitor to see the highlights up the east coast. We started at Hervey Bay, where unfortunately a cyclone had just passed by so Fraser Island was closed to self drive visitors (what […]
When another friend visited who only had a few days in Sydney, we had to select a few choice morsels to sample. Instead of Taronga Zoo, we went to the Wildlife World in darling harbour, as that houses all the specifically australian animals. We had the advantage of being able to enjoy harbour views from […]
This is when it really starts to feel like home, when friends or family come to stay and you get to show them around Sydney. Living out in the north west suburb of Hornsby, I didn’t really receive many visitors, but as soon as I moved to a beautiful apartment on the harbour with a […]
So, I haven’t been in touch for a while because it has actually been quite tough going-settling into a new country and new school, and I haven’t wanted to write negative stuff. But now…the best part about teaching is the holidays!! And being in a private school now, we have got 3 weeks off! So […]
Well, I think I left you in Magnetic island. The weather didn’t stay bad for long, and I hired a bike to explore the island and all it’s little bays. Should have really taken notice of the woman’s warnings about hills!! It gave me a bit of a work out anyway, and made me appreciate the rest stops […]
I am in the north of Queensland now. After my detour I flew up to Cairns to save some time. Went from there out to the tablelands and spent a couple of active days bike riding and hiking in the rainforests and canoeing in the lake. I was really fortunate to have been on a […]
I made it up to Hervey Bay, where the whale festival itself was a bit of a non event, but went on a sailing trip and saw loads of giant humpbacks-it was an awesome sight! Then my plans changed somewhat and i headed back down to Byron to meet a guy! He had travelled all […]
Gday! Have started to slowly make my way up the east coast of Australia now. Went up to Byron bay for a music festival called Splendour on the grass-it was great! Highlights were Scissor Sisters I think. As i went with a group of aussies i got to see some recommended bands that i perhaps […]
Going into the desert was such an amazing experience, I hope I can describe it well enough. I went with a tour company called heading bush. A bit more expensive than some other options, but in my opinion well worth the extra, because we went off the beaten track. Started in Adelaide, which seems like quite […]
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