Australia and any travel to the South Pacific region!
Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends and family in the States! Thanksgiving here in Australia is a non-event. Understandably, they don’t even acknowledge our US holiday. This is the first year I’ll be solo for the major U.S. holidays, but it doesn’t mean that I am without friends. The German girls I am traveling with—Pauline and …
I left the beaches of Wollongong and I felt a creeping bit of weariness. From Wollongong, I decided to pop into the small town of Kiama. Kiama is just a bit further down Australia’s South Coast, and it’s tiny. In fact, I didn’t anticipate that the coastal towns of New South Wales are quite so remote and lightly developed. …
After absorbing the quiet beauty of the Blue Mountains outside of Sydney, it was time for a change of venue. Sydney was a good learning ground for adjusting to this round the world trip. And the Blue Mountains gave me a taste of the diversity of activities I can fill my time with. So, it …
I loved my first long hike through the Blue Mountains just outside of Syndey, which ended at the Giant Staircase in Katoomba. Katoomba is a cute mountain town with stunning views out over the mountains and valleys. It’s also the main town in this area and the starting point for most major trails. After that beautiful trail, …
My travel plans have been readjusted on account of severe weather. I am hunkered down on the south coast of Australia during one of the biggest storms this state has seen in years. It’s frigid, and the wind whips through the streets much like the tropical storms back home. It’s wreaking serious havoc here—trees have fallen …
To anyone who has noticed my absence, don’t send out a call to the embassy — I am 100% OK. The reason for my silence lands squarely in the hands of the Australian internet monopolies. As a digital nomad working from the road, I hadn’t considered that my biggest issue in Australia would be how …
The Blue Mountains takes its name from the blue haze that hovers above the mountain range in every direction. You can’t actually smell the sweetly mentholated scent eucalyptus in the air, but the blue haze stretches as far into the distance. The blue haze is created by the oil released from eucalyptus plants—there are so many …
When I dreamed of traveling youngster, I conjured exotic scents and foreign colors. I heard in my mind the lovely lilt of unknown dialects. I tasted in my dreams the cuisine of far off places. Never did I think about the practicalities of traveling through cultures, countries, and places foreign. Foreign by definition means strange and unfamiliar, and it’s …