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Throughout my time in Australia I have never heard a good work spoken about Canberra. It doesn’t feature on many travellers plans and those who have been always say its just a bit rubbish. Thus neither myself or Hannah chose to visit while travelling around however Jess and Bel needed us to attend a couple of tastings down there while they were away and the prospect of free accommodation and a…
As part of our wonderful job in Kiama for Love My Earth we have been able to travel all over for tastings. One of our first was up in Bondi and since neither of us got to stay there whilst travelling we decided to get an Air BnB for an evening and make the most of the beautiful coastline. Our first day in Bondi was wok related and we managed to pack up our curries and drive up. After lunch in a…
Poor Carins. I must say, before I begin, it really wasn’t Carins’ fault that it is now one of my least favourite places on earth. So I am on my own in a hostel in Cairns. My parents and brother have gone onwards and I am without a plan and quite poor after my east coast adventures. I am also feeling rather emotionally vulnerable and lonely… Woe is me. So after moping and crying and stressing I…
Townsville and Cairns (The Parting of the Fellowship)
Our intrepid journey north was coming to a close but two more stops awaited us; Townsville and Cairns. The journey up to Townsville began traumatically. The ferry crossing from Hamilton Island to Airlie was exceptionally rough and, due to the weather, meant we were all cooped up inside the boat instead of enjoying the open sea air. As someone who hasn’t ever been struck with seasickness I…
Our next stage of adventure was Hamilton Island. We had to get there first and unfortunately my role as tour guide took a militant turn. After discovering the ferry across to Hamilton Island from Airlie was limited to specific times I organised the day with military precision. I was desperate to get up to the Finch Hatton Gorge to check out some waterfalls, luckily it didn’t take us too far out…
Hervey Bay, Bundaberg, Rockhampton and Mackay After a couple of hectic days we slowed the pace down somewhat on our second day in Hervey Bay. Our mission was to get to Bundaberg which, being only an hour and a half away was relatively easy compared to some our epic drives that would be undertaken later in the trip. Our morning was spent taking in the sun, reading and having a picnic before…
The pressure of being the official tour guide for my family had started to show. After a restless sleep for me we managed to get up and be at our pick up point for our day tour to Fraser Island. After my stress of being late I then had to endure 20 minutes of waiting for the Aussies to actually turn up, adding to my irrational fear of them not coming to get us. Luckily turn up they did and once…
Our road trip had begun! The hire car packed to the rafters our first Destination was Hervey Bay, one of the best places to get out to Fraser Island (more on that later). Our vague plan was to have the morning in Noosa, only an hour drive out of Brisbane and somewhere I could guarantee Russell and Michelle would like. My grand plan was a bit of paddle boarding or in the Olds case, kayaking down…
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