The rivalry between the east and west coasts doesn’t run as deep here as it does back home, probably because the overwhelming majority of Australia’s population lives on the east coast. In the States, overconfident west coasters go around boasting ‘West is Best.’ I actually heard this phrase mentioned a couple of times when I… Continue reading West is Best
When I mentioned to people I was going to be staying in Alice Springs for ten days, the initial response was, “There’s nothing to do there.” I had booked a two month rail pass with Great Southern Rail back in April, with which I traveled from Melbourne to Adelaide, and Adelaide to Perth. The Ghan, the… Continue reading Stranded in Alice Springs
Yikes, I didn’t mean to have such a huge gap in blog posts, but for the past three months I haven’t really stopped moving. Traveling is hard, people. Since I last posted about Fraser Island, my parents came to visit, I traveled cross-country on the train, spent two weeks volunteering with wild dolphins and am… Continue reading Travel Update
