Check out my newest video, a compilation of footage I took while snorkeling and scuba diving around Australia. The video features underwater scenes from the Great Barrier Reef on the east coast, Ningaloo Reef on the west coast and a bit from my dolphin volunteering experience in Monkey Mia. Enjoy!

For all my avid readers who are wondering what I’m currently up to (aka mom & dad) (but they already know from FaceTiming), I’m currently working in Airlie Beach in Queensland. After my trip out west and in the red centre in May and June, my bank account balance was rapidly declining, so I decided I… Continue reading Working in Airlie Beach

Back in May I volunteered with wild dolphins for two weeks in Western Australia. It was incredible. I read about the opportunity in Lonely Planet, as did many of the other people I ended up volunteering with. I had decided before coming to Oz that I wanted to volunteer there, and I built my trip up… Continue reading Volunteering with Dolphins: Monkey Mia

Last week I went down to Byron Bay for a couple days because why not? Before coming to Australia, one thing I knew I wanted to do during my year here was skydive. I had thought about it plenty of times before – in Cairns, on the West Coast, here in Airlie – but I… Continue reading Skydiving Byron Bay [video]

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