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Australia 2011/ 2012
- May 12, 2018
- 5 min
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...
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- Apr 28, 2018
- 4 min
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
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- Apr 3, 2017
- 5 min
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...
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- Jun 24, 2012
- 4 min
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...
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- Jun 24, 2012
- 4 min
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...
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- Jun 7, 2012
- 5 min
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...
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- Jun 6, 2012
- 2 min
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...
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- May 31, 2012
- 2 min
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...
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- May 25, 2012
- 2 min
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...
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- May 22, 2012
- 3 min
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...
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- May 18, 2012
- 2 min
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...
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- May 14, 2012
- 5 min
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...
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- May 11, 2012
- 2 min
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...
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- May 6, 2012
- 3 min
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...
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- May 3, 2012
- 3 min
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...
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- Apr 29, 2012
- 3 min
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...
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- Apr 24, 2012
- 4 min
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...
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- Apr 19, 2012
- 5 min
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...
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- Apr 9, 2012
- 2 min
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...
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- Apr 2, 2012
- 4 min
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...
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- Mar 19, 2012
- 8 min
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)....
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- Mar 15, 2012
- 2 min
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...
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- Mar 10, 2012
- 2 min
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...
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- Feb 16, 2012
- 2 min
Melbourne - round 1
16th Feb 2012 - 19th Feb 2012 After a few days in Griffith we decided to drive 452km to Melbourne. It was a nice drive and we could see...
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- Feb 12, 2012
- 2 min
No fruit picking in Griffith
12th Feb 2012 - 15th Feb 2012 So we packed up the apartment (we have far too much stuff) and filled up our van and set off for Griffith....
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- Jan 27, 2012
- 3 min
Sydneysiders no more
27th Jan 2012 - 11th Feb 2012 So we had been thinking for a bit what our next plans should be, so we handed in our notice at the hotel....
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- Jan 26, 2012
- 2 min
Celebrating Australia Day!
It's been 224 years since the first fleet arrived in Sydney, the 26th January is a national holiday to remember this, and we had the day...
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- Jan 15, 2012
- 4 min
Sydney | A Birthday To Remember
15th Jan 2012 - 25th Jan 2012 So I turned 24 in Sydney on the 21-1-12 my 'Hannah' date, hmm interesting- get it? I don't know if there...
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- Dec 28, 2011
- 3 min
Happy New Year from Sydney!!!
28th Dec 2011 - 14th Jan 2012 Happy New Year to all from the best place in the world to celebrate new years- Sydney! We started the end...
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- Dec 22, 2011
- 3 min
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...or maybe not
22nd Dec 2011 - 27th Dec 2011 - Well if you had told us it was July and weird people were randomly putting up Christmas decorations and...
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- Nov 5, 2011
- 3 min
Sydney sightseeing, seeing celebrities and 200 days of travelling!
5th Nov 2011 - 21st Dec 2011 - What have we been up to? Well we have made the most of the hot weather and on our days off have covered...
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- Oct 16, 2011
- 8 min
From Waterloo to Woolloomooloo and everywhere in between
16th Oct 2011 - 4th Nov 2011 The alarm goes off at 5.30am and one of us are awake. If its my morning for work I'm up and tip toeing...
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- Sep 29, 2011
- 6 min
Work, Sleep, Play
29th Sep 2011 - 15th Oct 2011 What a busy few weeks we have had, moved out the hostel and moved into lovely apartment and started...
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- Sep 21, 2011
- 4 min
...S.Y.D.N.E.Y...
21st Sep 2011 - 28th Sep 2011 - It was so worth the 6 hour straight drive when we got our first glimpse of Sydney. We turned off the...
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- Sep 14, 2011
- 6 min
!! ROAD TRIP !!
14th Sep 2011 - 20th Sep 2011 So it was time to pack our bags and vacate the flat, we didn't have anywhere to go though as the place we...
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- Aug 23, 2011
- 5 min
100 days of travelling
23rd Aug 2011 - 13th Sep 2011 We had read on other people's blogs it was so easy to get jobs in Brisbane. But we want to say it's not...
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- Aug 3, 2011
- 6 min
Life in Brisbane!
3rd Aug 2011 - 22nd Aug 2011 - Life in Brisbane! Ok.. I suggest making a cuppa before sitting down to read this, oh and just for me...
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- Jul 7, 2011
- 13 min
Cairns to Brisbane, interviews, more interviews and some jobs
7th Jul 2011 - 2nd Aug 2011 - Cairns to Brisbane Decided last night that we should leave Cairns and move on to Brisbane. The reason...
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- Jul 5, 2011
- 2 min
Australia, Australia, there's nothing quite like Austral-e-aaa!!
5th Jul 2011 - 7th Jul 2011 5th July- We are in Australia! Our flight landed about half 7 in the morning then we got to passport...
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- Jun 1, 2011
- 2 min
Pre-departure and how we decided to travel
1st Jun 2011 - A little story about Shannon and me getting together and deciding to go travelling.... We were only friends at the time...
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Soaring Through The Sky
- Jul 31, 2022
- 2 min
24 Hours Sightseeing In Liverpool
Liverpool is one of the biggest and well known cities in the UK. It continues to be a popular choice for stag parties and hen do's, and...
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Soaring Through The Sky
- Jul 7, 2022
- 6 min
Soaring Through The Sky 2021 Round Up
It is now the year 2022! We still can’t quite believe Covid is still present, in our 2020 round up I thought we may get back to normal...
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