“You were on your Gap Year last year?! It feels like years ago now!” Those were the words of my sister a few days ago. It really doesn’t feel like it was last year and I’m going to keep saying this, but did it even happen? One thing that confirms that it did is what being […]
Our East Coast Australia Route | Gap Year Travel
I get numerous questions from many friends and YouTube subscribers alike about where exactly Alice and I went along Australia’s East Coast and which places we would recommend. Here’s the full breakdown of where we stopped off at and which places you can’t miss. Melbourne – Cairns 1. Melbourne We first flew into Melbourne which was by far […]
I Jumped out of an Aeroplane!
Let’s talk about the time I jumped at 14,000 ft… When Alice and I were planning the activities we would be doing in Australia, skydiving was definitely on the agenda. Unlike Alice, I’m not a definite adrenaline-junkie but if I was going to do one in my lifetime at all, Australia would be the place to […]
How much did my Gap Year Cost?!
The post you’ve all been waiting for *gasps*… So after spending a few hours (literally) going through my receipts (yes, I kept all of them!), my online bank statements for both my Barclays account and my STA Cashcard account, flight bookings, accommodation bookings and email confirmations/invoices, I have finally calculated the total costs of my Gap Year. And guys, […]
Share Your Outdoors | The Aspinall Foundation
Reflecting on the past year or so inevitably brings me to think about the travelling I did during my gap year. Looking back, what I loved most about always being on the road – particularly backpacking up Australia’s East Coast – was that Alice and I were constantly outdoors. And I miss that. Today I thought […]
The Greyhound Hop-on Hop-off Pass | Australia’s East Coast
A lot of people have asked me how I got around in Australia and this post is dedicated to telling you 🙂 What did we get? Alice and I both opted for the Greyhound Sydney-Cairns Hop-on Hop-off pass which (I think?) was priced at $425 AUD at the time but I know we paid £213. […]
Sailing the Whitsundays with New Horizon
Today I’ll be taking you back to my time in Australia over Dec-Feb… After our Fraser Island Tour and homeless night in Hervey Bay, Alice and I had the Whitsundays next up on our backpacker itinerary. We had gone almost seven weeks without using any travel agency or company to help book our activities (there are pros […]
YOUTUBE LAUNCH!
So you guessed… I made a YouTube Channel. I’ll be posting lots more on the blog about my Gap Year adventures but I also want to show you all of the footage I took whilst away! Check out my channel trailer below (I hope you guys like it!): Like, comment, subscribe (you know, the typical […]
Gap Year Reflections
Some of you may have seen my instagram post on Tuesday evening: After 7 months, 4 countries, 3 continents, 23 cities, 6 islands, 11 flights, 4 SIM cards, 1 homeless night, 2 Chinese visas, 1 unexpected trip to Edinburgh, 154 hours of Mandarin lessons, over 100kg of rice eaten, 3 home-stay families, 700+ Chinese students, […]
Being homeless. Literally. | Hervey Bay
After being dropped off at our hostel in Hervey Bay (Flashpackers) by the Cool Dingo Tours bus, Alice and I headed out to find something to eat. Quickly realising that there were no small cafés or restaurants nearby, we continued heading in one direction in the hope that we would stumble across something. We were starving […]