There's No Place Like Oz

Time to Go Home

In 72 hours and 12 minutes, I board a plane bound for the USA. I know it’s a fact. I’ve told dozens of people in the last week that I’m coming home. But saying that I leave in three days doesn’t make it feel real, even though I hear myself say it. Even though I […]

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No Macaron Left Behind: 55-59

This is the 5th post in the No Macaron Left Behind challenge series and 10th in the “my waist line is expanding while my bank account is decreasing” series. My time in Australia is rapidly coming to an end. In fact, this is my last Thursday in the country. *tear* This also means that I’ve […]

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The one without food photos

Australia is approximately the size of the continental United States. Surprised? Take a look at a globe or map — it’s true! Despite their similarity in size, the two could not be more different when it comes to the number of states in each. Not including territories outside of the mainland, Australia has six states […]

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Heather the Whizbanger

In the last seven weeks, I’ve traveled 13,000 kilometers around Australia. Somewhere around the 9,000 km mark, I learned that I am a whizbanger. At a national park in Western Australia, a park volunteer made a mad dash toward our van as soon as we arrived at the overnight camping area she looks after. “Where’s […]

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