Category Archives: Oceania

Call Yourself a Traveller? Why I’m Still in Australia

Me Looking Out

It’s funny thinking of yourself as a traveller when you’re not really moving. I guess it only goes to highlight the stupidity of this obtuse term. I mean I am moving – I’m getting out of bed, going to work and exercising, I’m moving my fingers and arms to type these very words right now. […]

5 Best Beaches on the Sunshine Coast Australia

5 Best Beaches on the Sunshine Coast Australia feature

  There are plenty of coastal hotspots to choose from in this Land Down Under, but personally I really think the Sunshine Coast of Australia is hard to beat. Maybe I’m a bit biased, having been stationed here for a while now, but honestly the crystal clear water, the colour of the sand, the nearby […]

Bunya Mountains: Queensland’s Alpine Area

Bunya Mountains NP

My love for Australian National Parks is well documented. First of all they are beautifully accessible, dotted right across the country, and secondly they are very cheap to visit, providing some incredible super budget camping facilities and a wealth of free activities. This has led me to call Australian National Parks a budget travellers dream […]

Camping Essentials List for Australia Road Tripping

Camping Essentials List Australia

  Having just returned from another beautiful camping road trip away in one of the many gorgeous Australian National Parks, I thought it was about time I compiled a camping checklist for adventuring out into the wilderness in this massive country. Like normal, the recent road trip to the beautiful Bunya Mountains National Park, was a […]

Changes to the Working Holiday Second Year Visa Australia Has Made

Changes to the Working Holiday Second Year Visa Australia Has Made

Armed with my 1 year Working Holiday Visa, I arrived into Australia in late 2013. Within a few months time, I already knew I wanted to stay in this beautiful country longer and set about researching how I could extend my visa here. I found it was possible to extend the 1 Year Australian Working […]

Australian National Parks: A Budget Traveller’s Dream

Australia's National Park Network

  Travelling in Australia can be very expensive and one of the most costly things is the price of accommodation and activities. But I want to let you in on a little secret, one that hardly any backpackers seem to know about and many locals don’t either. That secret is Australian National Parks. All across […]

Top 20 FREE Things to Do in the Northern Territory, Australia

20 FREE Things to Do in the Northern Territory, Australia

  Oh the Northern Territory of Australia, that wild-west, dusty-dry, blue-sky film set of a location. Stuff of legends, a fabled place to disappear and all-round story-rich scenery makes this an absolute must during any Australian trip. Many put it off however due to the perceived expense of adventuring out to the red centre and […]

9 Key Things to Consider When Planning an Australian Road Trip

Planning an Australian Road trip

  Along with seeing Uluru and exploring Sydney Harbour, taking an Australian road trip is one of the bucket list essentials when visiting this country. And that’s probably because as vast, diverse, wild and beautiful as it is, the Australian landscape lends itself to a driving adventure. So I’m very glad to confirm that I’m […]

How to See Australia’s Whitsundays the Cheap Way

How to See Australia’s Whitsundays the Cheap Way!

  Situated in Queensland’s tropical waters, the Whitsundays are one of the jewels in Australia’s tourism crown. An archipelago of 74 islands, scatted among the Great Barrier Reef, the Whitsundays are famous for their paradise-perfect white sands and azure waters. Because of their visual splendour, these islands are also synonymous with luxury tourism and high-end […]

How to Visit Uluru as Cheaply as Possible

How to Visit Uluru Cheaply

  Situated within the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in Central Australia, Uluru (or Ayers Rock as it was formerly known) is one of the country’s most outstanding and recognisable landmarks. As such, it’s also a key bucket list ranker for many global travellers, renowned for both its geological and indigenous importance. Not usually one for […]