I’ve had two fleeting visits to Brisbane prior to my time there earlier this week. The first was in 2007 when I saw little more than the inside of a casino (and its allure of $2 daiquiris) and the second was in 2010 when I travelled to the Flight Centre head office and saw the inside … Read more
We’d never heard the term ‘So:Me’ before. No Melburnian I have ever met has referred to South Melbourne as SoMe and the one I was with, Brendan from The Travel Pop, didn’t seem so keen on the moniker (which is a polite way of wording his objections.) We had a debate over it, which turned … Read more
I’m beyond excited to move into this next phase of travel blogging (anyone else notice a change around here?) but wanted to take a little moment to look back at some of the lessons I learned over the last 4 years of travelling, eating and meeting cool people in 40 different countries. 1) Vietnamese cyclo drivers will … Read more
“You know we belong together. You and I forever and ever. I’m walking on air…” Over and over, in my head, all day long. That’s what happens when you take a soap opera tour, you sing the theme tune all day long. Sometimes out loud. Sometimes on camera. An obsession with Home and Away is … Read more
Those of you who follow my Instagram account will know I have been filling my pie hole with some very good cake since we touched down in Sydney. There is a reason for that. Aside from bringing me unbridled joy, the cake-tasting has been all in the name of research – I felt it was … Read more
40 Before 30 began life in January 2010 at the Hard Rock Cafe in Kuala Lumpur. (No judgement please, I just really fancied a burger!). It was an idea uttered allowed about wanting to visit 40 countries before my 30th birthday, after scribbling names on a napkin of all the places in the world I … Read more
“What’s this one on for then guys?” A man passing the group of us couples loitering outside a property for lease in Darlinghurst stopped to ask me more. “$625 a week” I said. “Rooms? Parking?” he asked. “2 bed, 1 bath, 1 car.” I reeled off the details scribbled in my notebook. “That’s great!” he … Read more
Thanks to some points pooling between my partner and I, and his savvy use of an Amex companion voucher, we got to fly first class with British Airways when emigrating to Australia in 2014. I anticipated the journey for weeks, dreaming of the elegance and luxury that lay ahead. But, to be entirely honest, my … Read more
Those of you (crazy/kind) people who have been following my vlogs will know that I’ve been keeping a pretty big secret. For the last few months I’ve been downsizing my possessions, applying for visas and filling out a zillion forms for a move down under. Today it actually happened. As you well know I’ve spent … Read more
Until Sri Lanka I wouldn’t have considered myself much of a fan of rail journeys but the train ride between Kandy to Ella changed everything for me. It’s inspired more trips on tracks across Australia and India and plenty of posts where I wax lyrical about riding the rails in Sri Lanka. What is so … Read more