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What it’s really like taking the Greyhound down Australia’s East Coast

blethersfromafar
July 6, 2019
Australia, backpacking, Izzy's Travel Tips, road trips, sunny getaways
In 2013, I spent four months travelling across the East Coast of Australia.  After flying in from Singapore, I knew that I wanted to start my time 'Down Under' in Cairns and somehow make it as far as...

Chasing Waves: Learning to surf on Australia’s East Coast

blethersfromafar
July 27, 2015
Australia, backpacking, sunny getaways, the great outdoors
Depleted, I hauled myself onto the board and paddled into calmer, shallow water. The sun had spent the morning climbing lazily from behind the Dorrigo hills and now perched high above, breathing heat over...

Ten Things to do Outside of Melbourne

blethersfromafar
January 27, 2015
Australia, Izzy's Travel Tips, road trips
It's been two years since I arrived and fell in love with Melbourne.  In fact, such was my love for the city that the original week I had intended on staying quickly turned in to 5 (thanks to my lovely...

That time we found Paradise: Bedarra Island

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January 16, 2015
Australia, backpacking, luxury holidays, sunny getaways
In 2011, a massive storm formed in the Pacific Ocean.  Yasi, as it became known, was a force 5 cyclone, and caused immeasurable damage to everything in its path - from Papua New Guinea and the Solomon islands...

Carlo Sandblow, Rainbow Beach

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December 28, 2014
Australia, backpacking, sunny getaways, the great outdoors
I’m not going to lie; we weren’t expecting much from the little town of Rainbow Beach on Australia’s East coast. For many, the village is simply a gateway to nearby Fraser Island, a place to stop and...

Driving Australia’s Great Ocean Road

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December 14, 2014
Australia, backpacking, road trips, the great outdoors
In May 2013, my boyfriend Stuart and I were nearing the end of our time in Australia, having travelled the entire length of the East coast from Cairns to Melbourne.  We were determined to end our trip on a...

“Welcome to the Wetsundays!”: Snorkelling the Great Barrier Reef

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November 24, 2014
Australia, backpacking, sunny getaways, the great outdoors
As anyone from Scotland will tell you, there’s nothing that can so dampen your spirits as bad weather abroad. This is an awareness I have always had, but never more so than on the morning of our scheduled...

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      September 20, 2019
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      September 15, 2019
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      July 31, 2019

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