Category: Travel
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Far North Queensland: Cairns, Port Douglas, and the Great Barrier Reef
At the end of November, we had a fantastic visit up to Cairns and Port Douglas in Far North Queensland to end off George’s mom’s visit to Australia from England. As mentioned in my post about our time on the Gold Coast, George’s mom had the honour of being our first visitor during our year…
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36 Hours in Sydney
During our time on the Gold Coast, we wanted to take advantage of cheap flights and the time we had available to visit Sydney for a weekend, so we made it happen shortly after we moved into our place in Robina. We were lucky to find a great flight from our local Gold Coast airport,…
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Life on the Gold Coast
After completing our surf camp in Byron Bay, we settled into a loft apartment in the suburb of Robina, situated on the Gold Coast, Queensland. The decision to move arose as we realized, while residing in Brisbane, that most weekends were spent escaping the city for the coast, contending with busy weekend traffic. Despite the…
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Central Queensland Road Trip Part 3: The Whitsunday Islands, Yeppoon, and Agnes Water, plus a surf trip to Byron Bay
The final leg of the Central Queensland road trip brought us to the Whitsunday region before breaking up the long drive heading back down the coast to Brisbane. After leaving Cape Hillsborough, where we enjoyed our second morning of kangaroo and wallaby viewing on the beach, we made a stop in the town of Seaforth.…
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Settling Down for a Year in Australia
We’ve been in Brisbane for just over a month, and as I have learned, moving countries is a very busy process. We are starting to feel more settled now as we excitedly plan for our next steps in our adventure. After our long layover in Manila, we arrived in Brisbane on July 11 and for…
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18 Hours in Manila on the Way to a New Adventure
I’m back! In the last few years it feels like I have been paying for this domain name more for my own hope and sanity than actually doing any travelling. It’s finally happening. It’s taken a while to get going with the blogging as I get settled in Australia, but I have finally managed to…
Where the Paved Road Ends 