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Australia
- Aug 12, 2018
- 4 min
Best Photo Opportunities Of The Sydney Harbour Bridge
Along with the Harbour and Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge is an iconic image of Sydney, and indeed of Australia. The Sydney Harbour...
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- 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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- Mar 31, 2018
- 5 min
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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- Jan 6, 2018
- 3 min
Perth | Little Creatures
CNN travel have listed Perth in their '18 best places to visit in 2018' and having visited just a few months ago (albeit it in 2017), we...
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- Dec 9, 2017
- 4 min
Perth | Rottnest Island
Why you need to visit the island paradise of Rottnest Island WA, how to get there, what to do on Rotto, cycling around Rottnest, spotting go
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- Nov 12, 2015
- 2 min
Ticking off Perth & Freo
Nov 12th- 15th Our flight on Virgin Australia from Brisbane to Perth took 5 and half hours with a 2 hour time difference, we took off in...
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- Mar 17, 2015
- 2 min
Werribee Open Range Zoo
We left Melbourne CBD area and drove the short 30 minute ride (35km) to Werribee to visit its Open Range Zoo. It is part of 'Zoos...
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- Mar 12, 2015
- 10 min
Popping Over To Australia On Our Holidays!
12th Mar 2015 - 19th Mar 2015 It was time to go on our holiday to Australia!! We had decided on Australia for a few reasons, the main...
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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
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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
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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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