The world was a very different place when I departed. It was 5 am, 28th of October 2018. Dark and cold, a fine drizzle hung in the air. A final embrace with my parents on the outside porch. An embrace that wouldn’t be repeated for 1140 days. A little over 3 years. But this isn’t... Continue Reading →
Australia – Review of my Time Down Under
After just over two years I have now departed Australia. Never in my wildest dreams when I touched down in Cairns on the 24th of April 2019 did I think I’d still be in the country over two years later. A lot has happened in that time, mostly good, some bad but when I look... Continue Reading →
Byron Bay Road Trip & Move to Melbourne
Hello everyone, hope we are all doing well. In the last blog, I reflected a little bit on what 2020 had meant to me and what I managed to get up to throughout the second half of the year. I also stated towards the end of the blog that I had a few things in... Continue Reading →
End of 2020 Edition – Need I Say More
That’s it, it’s over with. We got through it. We made it, 2020, what a fucking year! Seeing as the most unprecedented year I shall hopefully ever have to live is over, I thought it worthy of a blog post to capture this unique moment in history. Also, it’s been a good few months since... Continue Reading →
Life in Sydney COVID 19 Addition
Hello all, so I thought it was about time I updated the blog seeing as the last post was 4 months ago now. When I last wrote the world was just entering the start of the Corona Virus pandemic, countries were going into lockdown, borders were being shut, flights cancelled and everyone's plans for the... Continue Reading →
Life in Sydney Part 2
In the first instalment of the Sydney blog, I updated you all regarding my first few months in Sydney up until Christmas and the start of the new year. In this half, I shall take us from the start of January to the present. Finally bringing you all up to date after slacking behind for... Continue Reading →
Life in Sydney Part 1
Seeing as I have now been living and working in Sydney for the past 5 months it’s probably about time, I got around to updating the blog regarding this. (It seems I shall also be staying here a little longer as well now, what with this coronavirus stuff, but more on that in the next... Continue Reading →
East Coast Road Trip – Weeks 4 & 5 Brisbane to Sydney
At last, we’ve made it. The final blog in the Australia East Coast Road Trip series. It's only taken 3 months since finishing the road trip to complete but I’ve finally got there. I’ve combined the last few weeks of the trip together as in all honesty towards the end of the road trip we... Continue Reading →
East Coast Road Trip Week 3 – Bundaberg to Brisbane
Day 17 - 26th Sept: We left the free campsite with the stinking latrine on the outskirts of Bundaberg and headed to Harvey bay. When we arrived, we didn’t really have much of a plan of what to do and there didn’t seem like a lot to do either. I had heard that Harvey Bay... Continue Reading →
East Coast Road Trip Week 2 – Airlie Beach to Bundaberg
Day 9 – 18th Sept: Day 9 then marked the start of our Whitsundays boat tour which was a 3-day 2-night tour. Although realistically it wasn’t this long as we didn’t leave the harbour until 2 pm on the first day and were back by around mid-day on the final day. So little bit of... Continue Reading →