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!
As my time in Australia drew to a close, quite a few people asked me what my favorite place was that I visited. Now obviously, I didn’t go everywhere in Australia. I never went to Canberra, but from what I hear that’s an easy miss. I do wish I had more time to explore south Western… Continue reading Top 5 Places to Visit in Australia
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
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
Whiew! I’ve been a bit neglectful of my blog the past couple weeks. It’s difficult to update when traveling. I know, my life is so hard #firstworldproblems. After I returned from New Zealand (still working on follow-up posts), I went to Fraser Island with my friend Kate and her friends Jacinta and Nicole. Fraser Island is off… Continue reading Fraser Island
I think a lot of people don’t realize (I certainly didn’t) just how big Australia is. If you place a map Australia over a map of the US, it’s just about the same size. Photo credit What really puts it in perspective for me, besides the overlay map of course, is the driving distances between… Continue reading Australia is big
I’ve now been in Oz for 3 weeks today and STILL slightly jetlagged; I guess my breakup letter didn’t work. After staying at my friend Sara’s in a neighborhood north of the harbour bridge called Crow’s Nest, I moved to a hostel closer to the CBD (central business district). It was in an area called Pott’s Point, which… Continue reading 3 weeks in Oz
