Back when I used to live in Australia, every year my friends and I would go to Port Fairy (a coastal town around 3 hours drive from Melbourne) at the start of March for ‘Folkie’ – the famous folk festival that takes place there annually. It’s usually a debaucherous long weekend filled with copious amounts of alcohol, dancing and […]
Getting Lost In Melbourne’s Laneways
June 23, 2011 by 8 Comments
Being a native Melbournian people always ask what the main attractions are to see in the city – Sydney has the Opera House and Harbour Bridge, but what does Melbourne have? The truth is, when it comes to ‘famous’ attractions, Melbourne doesn’t have a huge amount…well, obvious ones anyway. But what I love about it is that it’s not […]
How To Take An Australian Working Holiday
June 14, 2011 by 28 Comments
Mention ‘Australia’ and most people will mention either Kangaroo’s or ask you if it’s really as beautiful as everyone says…and truly it is! Ok, I may be biased, but Australia is a great place to visit if you fancied taking a year off and trotting off to the other side of the world – it’s modern, laid-back […]
5 Super Relaxing Summer Holiday Destinations
April 19, 2011 by 5 Comments
Everybody loves a summer holiday, especially me… From being a little kid growing up in Australia, heading to the beach during school holidays was my idea of heaven. And even now as an adult there’s still something special about getting away to the coast somewhere and letting all the stresses of modern life melt away […]
Love Your Sport? Love Melbourne!
April 14, 2011 by 14 Comments
Australians love their sport (me included) and while many Sydney-siders or Brisban-ites may argue with the following statement, as a staunch Melburnian, my city is undeniably Australia’s sporting hub. It’s the spiritual home of Aussie rules, the headquarters of the Australian Open and perhaps the most famous horse race in the world – The Melbourne Cup. […]
How We, As Travellers, Can Help Natural Disaster Victims
March 24, 2011 by 3 Comments
As an Australian, I was recently glued to my television in horror at the devastating Queensland floods that have so far been the worst natural disaster in the nation’s history. It seems an all too common occurrence at the moment, and now, after the New Zealand and Japan earthquakes (and subsequent tsunami) you wonder if […]
Photo Of The Week – Nambucca Heads, Australia
March 4, 2011 by 3 Comments
Nambucca Heads, on the Eastern Coast of Australia, is a perfect summer holiday location. I spent a week here over Christmas and I practically had the be dragged out of there as it was one of the most relaxing trips I’d had in ages. The typical Nambucca day consists of the following – Sleep in til around […]
