Australasia

Cairns: A Day of Leisure and a Night of Adventure The city of Cairns is widely famous as the gateway to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, a natural wonder that is visible even from the outer space. Located in Tropical North Queensland, Cairns is an adventure-lover’s trip to Read More

There is a reason the land of down under is the country for expatriation and taking a gap year to work abroad – it is alluring in everything it offers. With brilliant landscapes, a jumping nightlife and once in a life time experiences such as epic scuba diving liveaboard Read More

This is the first of a series where I ask fellow bloggers about the craziest thing they’ve experienced while riding public transport. We all have funny/horror stories that we share with friends around a bar table. I am now collecting all those stories and bringing them to Read More

After the case beginning in 1980 when a small child disappeared from a campsite in Central Australia, the line, always said with a thick Australian accent, “A dingo ate my baby!” became somewhat of a worldwide joke. Years afterwards, and to this day, Australians globally are Read More

With the Kiwis being our neighbours I felt pretty bad that I’d never even popped over to visit them. So after a passionate encounter with a travelling brit who was headed to New Zealand I decided to drop over and say “hi” during my holiday from work. I didn’t really think too Read More

Magnetic Island was alive with Australian birds and animals. I have never been to a place with sich a high concentration of tame wildlife before. There were thousands of semi-tame lorikeets that visited the hostel daily, as well as a kookaburra who ate from my hand. The Read More

Want a Hamilton Island experience minus the resort ridden, tourist brimming cesspool vibe AND for a poor man’s price? Go to South Molle Island! This is the cheapest way to do the Whitsunday Islands. South Molle Island, one of the 74 islands in the Whitsundays, is pure Read More

The Great Barrier Reef WARNING: Preachy Eco-Tourism Blog Article to follow. The Great Barrier Reef, one of the seven natural wonders of the world, is somewhere that I’d been wanting to go to for a long time. I was desperate to go because I’d heard that the reef was dying at an Read More

Nestled among the mountaintops in the Atherton Tablelands in small hippie village in Kuranda there are a surprising number of touristy animal sanctuaries. Namely a Koala Garden, Butterfly Sanctuary, Bat Reach and BirdWorld. I’m slightly obsessed with birds and these birds Read More

I had been pestering my family friend, Tez, for years to take me up in his plane. He is an aviation mechanic and owns a vintage Auster passenger plane that is older than him! Finally during the road trip he had a day off and agreed to take us up. The following photos are of Read More

Brisbane To Cairns: Part Two Of Sydney To Cairns Road Trip Suggested Itinerary for the Sydney to Cairns road trip with cheap travel tips and links. To see Part One of this Itinerary click here. Total Travel Time: 34hr 15min View View the Road trip in a larger map Brisbane to Read More

Sydney to Brisbane: Part One of Sydney to Cairns Road Trip There are some epic road trips in Australia. It’s basically a country begging to be explored! One of my favourite road trips has to be the drive from Sydney to Cairns. Passing through the Gold Coast and right up to Read More