Take a look at a map of Australia.What do you notice?Well, you might notice that it is a BIG country. You might also notice that most of the cities and towns hug the coast line. So what is in the middle of Australia? One thing that might come to mind is Uluru - the giant...
It's been several months since my 3 month journey around Australia by completely overland means, but I still havn't even finished writing about half of it! I experienced so much, and in so little time.People often ask me, what was my favourite part of the trip? It's really...
When the British colony was established in the area of what is now Sydney in the late 1700's, there was a rush to explore this new and promising area. The Royal Navy set off to explore the area around what is now the Blue Moutains, and discovered a river, which they named the...
Canberra Museum and Gallery – FreeNational Capital Exhibition – FreeNational Museum of Australia - FreeNational Gallery of Australia - FreeNational Film and Sound Archive - FreeNational War Memorial - FreeCanberra, like most other capital cities,...
When I mentioned the name of the restaurant we would be visiting while in Sydney, Gastro Park, some people gasped at it's name. The word "gastro" doesn't always conjur up the most pleasant of images and emotions on people's brains, but for me it was different. When I heard the...
"Who wants to go first?"Both Nicole from Bitten By The Travel Bug and I immediately pointed at each other. I must have someone lost (or won) the finger pointing draw, because I was selected to go first.Our instructor, Sui, took one look at me and said "Ok, we have got...
“With the current wind conditions, we are not sure if we can run the hot air balloon trip tomorrow morning. We will have the hotel give you a wake up call at 4:30 am if it is going ahead, and we will pick you up from the lobby at 5:10 am.”How can anyone sleep after...
The sun was shining on a Sunday morning in Sydney, a pleasant surprise from the rain we had the day previous. And we were lucky for it too, because today we were meeting up with Colette, one of the founders of of Arribaa to participate in a Macaron walking tour of Sydney. We met...
As fun as it was to try catching our own dinner from the beach of Pacific Palms, as beach worms squirmed underneath the sand beneath our feet, we just were not having much luck. It was time to leave the food catching and preparation to the experts. We were heading to Port...
Australia is known for being full of strange, weird and wonderful animals. There are the cuddly ones - Koalas and Kangaroos and the like, which mostly just look sleepy and disinterested in their surroundings when you visit them in a zoo. There are the poisonous and deadly ones...
