There's No Place Like Oz

This is the 6th post in the No Macaron Left Behind challenge series and 11th in the “my waist line is expanding while my bank account is decreasing” series. The “No Macaron Left Behind” challenge came to an end the moment I boarded a plane in Sydney three weeks ago. But in no way am […]

It’s only been two weeks since the last day of my year-long adventure in Australia. The day brought many mixed emotions, and the difficult ones were perhaps heightened by the fact that I’d only booked the flight home two weeks prior. Though I never knew exactly when my time in Oz would come to an […]

In the last year, quite a few interesting opportunities have come my way, and I’ve been able to try many new things. I’ve appeared on TV; modeled; belted out show tunes, pop, and R&B at karaoke; and experienced SCUBA diving for the first time. With my love of food and knack for appearing on Australian […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

This is the 9th post in the “my waist line is expanding while my bank account is decreasing” series. If there’s anything that can capture my attention more than a cute baby wombat in the wild, it’s the promise of a good meal — and then delivering on that promise. Cute baby wombat in the […]

A few weeks ago Nicole, Adam, and I battled a SWARM of mosquitoes — wait — MOZZIES. As I’m a full on Americaussie by this point, you should know I’ve been calling the blood-sucking pests “mozzies” as the Aussies do for months. We drove from the Coonawarra region to Narracoorte and rocked up to the […]

This is the 3rd post in the “Heather Eats Sydney” series and the 8th in the “my waist line is expanding while my bank account is decreasing” series. With its proximity to Asia, it should come as little surprise that Australia is home to fantastic restaurants representing a variety of Asian cuisines. From affordable, even […]