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 … Continue reading
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, … Continue reading
I wrote this article back in April 2016 for an adoption magazine which will be published shortly. I really enjoyed writing it and I thought I’d share it with you all. Some of the things in the article I want to expand upon (an adoptee’s view on going back to China for one) but otherwise … Continue reading
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. … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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, … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
If you missed Part I and Part II you can catch them here. Our final day on the island had arrived. After hurriedly rushing down to breakfast and chucking our luggage in the luggage room, we hopped onto the bright pink tour bus and made our way to Lake Birrabeen. Here, I got to try … Continue reading
After our two hours of riding the waves back in Noosa, we jumped on the Greyhound bus up to Rainbow Beach for the night. It was such a mad rush that our bikinis still hadn’t had time to properly dry and our hair was still soaking wet but oh well, that’s backpacker life for you. We arrived in … Continue reading