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’ve been in New Zealand for almost a week now, and I’m on day 4 of the road trip with Meredith and Ellie. They flew into Auckland and I met them at the airport. We picked up our car and got a free upgrade from a crappy Mitsubishi Colt whose tires were held together with zip ties… Continue reading NZ Part 1
Drum roll please… I’ve got a new blog & domain name (and Twitter handle while we’re at it)! I’ve recently been contemplating getting more serious about travel blogging, so having a wordpress.com url just wasn’t going to cut it anymore. And while I loved my current blog title, ‘Land of Oz’, I thought if I’m… Continue reading All Roads Lead to Roam
This is part two of my Tasmanian road trip. Click here to read part one. Maria or bust When I woke up New Year’s Day, I went for a walk down to the beach and spotted a baby wallaby along the way. We did our dishes using ocean water before heading towards the heart of Freycinet… Continue reading Under down Under part 2
This year was the first year I did not spend Christmas in the States. When Thanksgiving came around, I was really homesick, which is strange because I haven’t been in the US for the past 3 years at Thanksgiving. I thought it was just going to get worse as Christmas came closer. I spent about… Continue reading Chrissy in Oz
Since living in Brisbane, I started volunteering for the Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS). They co-hosted an event last month with Greenpeace in a push for more transparent seafood labeling laws. It’s an issue many Australians, regardless of political affiliation, are concerned about. It was quite interesting, as one of the speakers pointed out, there… Continue reading That time I met an Australian MP..and had no idea who he was
BuzzFeed highlighted the man bun phenomenon a couple weeks ago in this article. They only mention the buns, but you’ll notice all save one or two have beards or at least some scruff that accompanies their bun. And let’s face it, I think it’s somewhat obligatory otherwise you end up looking like this guy Credit… Continue reading The land of man buns
No, not activities that are wacky. Water activities. Wacktivities…. I don’t know, it’s getting late. Just in case you missed my endless posts, photos & video on Facebook of when I went snorkeling with turtles and saw dolphins, I thought I’d write about it too. When I first arrived in Brisbane, I joined multiple meetup.com groups… Continue reading November Wactivities
I am sad to say this is now my third Thanksgiving away from home. But just because it wasn’t in America doesn’t mean it wasn’t Thanksgiving! And before you ask, no Australians don’t celebrate Thanksgiving (and yes I’ve had people ask me that). To my knowledge they don’t have a similar holiday. They celebrate Australia… Continue reading Thanksgiving in Oz
For those of you living under a rock, the G20 happened in Brisbane this past weekend (kidding, but doubt this made front page news in American media). For the past month, the people of Brisbane have been constantly reminded of the upcoming conference that was intended to shut down the city. Which it did. The ‘lord mayor’… Continue reading G20 Brisbane 2014
