There's No Place Like Oz

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Even as a little girl, I was a thinker. I have always pondered, analyzed, and most of all, reflected. When I was 7 I started my first diary in a small, pink, hard cover book — complete with a tiny [...]

I’m sitting in a Maccas (McDonalds) on George Street in Sydney, using their free wifi to upload photos from the EPIC east coast trip! Less than 24 hours ago Brooke and I returned on day 17 and concluded the trip with a meal at the Indian restaurant next to my hostel. The week ahead promises [...]

While I’m road tripping in Queensland, I’m having too much fun to blog Until I return to Sydney and begin writing again, enjoy photos and updates on Brooke’s WhyGoAustralia Facebook page. After checking that out, take a few moments to catch up on some other reading you may have missed — my guest appearances on [...]

Tomorrow morning I leave a chilly but relaxing Ballarat for warmer weather and new adventures! Following a 3-something-AM wake up call, I fly from Melbourne to Cairns, meet up with my travel partner, and kick off a 16-day Cairns to Sydney road trip. It hasn’t even begun and we’re already calling it EPIC! Before arriving [...]

Whether or not you call it a bucket list, you most likely have one. The list of feats, adventures, and experiences to conquer before you “kick the bucket.” Or if you’re like me and always trying to find a more positive way of phrasing things, I have a “list of things to do in life.” [...]

Several days ago, I didn’t know where I would be today. After two interviews in Sydney with an organization that excites me, I never received an invitation for the third and final round. I wasn’t quite ready to mount a full-on job search, settling down and temporarily leaving travel behind. But I wasn’t sure where [...]

Everyone encouraged me to go with the flow on this journey, and believe me, I’ve been trying. Whether by choice or lack thereof, I’ve tried to shed some of the planner in me and adopt a more easy-going attitude and mindset. It’s a challenge to operate outside of our natural preferences, especially on a daily [...]

In true Aussie fashion, Brisbane has been given its fair share of nicknames. No matter what you wish to call Queensland’s capital city (and the 3rd most populous in Australia), I called it the perfect place for me to visit toward the end of month two. Return to Brissy When I visited Australia four years [...]

I could only avoid it for so long. That dark brown, thick, slightly smelly yeast spread that Aussies spread on toast. The Aussies *love* to spread on toast. After eight weeks in the country, it was time to give Vegemite a go. Aussie dad Darren volunteered to both host and film the experience. When I [...]

State of Origin. Six hours of the most intense, thrilling rugby league (or any sport) you’ll ever witness. Each year two teams face off in a series of three games (spaced three weeks apart from one another) for state pride and bragging rights until the next year’s series. I’ve already written about my love of [...]