Chile: The W Trek
We didn’t have to go far from Argentina to find cooked eggs for breakfast. After 16 hours in transit and a much needed rest, the offer of scrambled eggs was […]
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Argentina: The End of the World
In the beginning there is fear. All the what-if maybes. At the bag drop the self service machine advises me that check-in has closed. Panic descends. There is a human […]
Melbourne: The Working Holiday Top 10
This is it. My Australian Working Holiday visa is about to expire. After 24 months of major and minor excursions, the time has almost come for me to say goodbye […]
Melbourne Attractions: 1000 Steps
The Dandenong Ranges are a wilderness visible from the city. Often nothing more than a dark shadow on the Eastern horizon. The drive out to the foot of the mountains […]
Melbourne: Hanging Rock & The Holgate Brewhouse
First on today’s agenda: some exciting news, if you haven’t already heard from my Mum. I’ll be moving back into my sister’s old bedroom, the master bedroom. Oh yeah! Just […]
Melbourne: Phillip Island
Feeling groggy, still in need of more sleep I checked the time on my phone. 9:30AM. We had an hour to get cleaned up, packed up and out of the […]
Melbourne: Wilson’s Prom
Booking a short break in winter has always been subject to the weather. I decided not to bother checking, booked accommodation and we’d just go anyway. Otherwise we might never […]
New Zealand: The Auckland Region
Time was running out, dragging enthusiasm kicking and screaming with it. We could have driven on to Auckland but the thought of finding parking for a camper van pushed us […]
New Zealand: Hobbiton
The entire journey from Christchurch until now I’ve been torn between homes to dinosaurs or the realms of elves, dwarves, orcs and goblins. The landscapes of New Zealand are without […]
New Zealand: Rotorua
The Craters of the Moon were just the first hint of the serious volcanic activity spread across the centre of New Zealand’s north island. Our nostrils were attacked with a […]
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