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May 12, 20185 min read
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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Mar 31, 20185 min read
Should You Climb Uluru?
Uluru is one of Australia's most recognisable natural landmarks. Uluru also known as Ayers Rock is a large isolated sandstone rock...
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Jun 24, 20124 min read
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, 20124 min read
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, 20125 min read
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, 20122 min read
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, 20122 min read
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, 20122 min read
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, 20123 min read
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, 20122 min read
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, 20125 min read
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, 20122 min read
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, 20123 min read
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, 20123 min read
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, 20123 min read
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, 20124 min read
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, 20125 min read
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, 20122 min read
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, 20124 min read
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, 20128 min read
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, 20122 min read
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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Feb 16, 20122 min read
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, 20122 min read
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, 20123 min read
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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