Category: Oceania
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Road Tripping along New Zealand’s Rugged Western Coast
After the canceled ferry, things went pretty smoothly as we made it to the South Island and headed along the Western Coast seeing pancake rocks, glaciers and even a glimpse of Mount Cook, who’s usually pretty shy thanks to clouds. Then we spent a day visiting the most picturesque lakes in the whole country! Then…
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Tricksy Ferries in New Zealand
In 2013, I was freshly out of college, with a job, and a whopping two weeks of vacation to burn. While in the theater for the first Hobbit movie with some friends, we planned a trip to see Middle Earth for ourselves! It was my first trip outside of North America and for me was…
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Spying on Penguins and Wombats in Tasmania, Australia
To complete our lap of dear Tassie (pronounced with a “z” sound), we headed to the town of Penguin in the hopes to see some penguins! While we tried to find a few other unique animals, we were gifted a wombat in the last few meters of a hike by Cradle Mountain. It was interesting…
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Climbing Around the Beautiful Rocks of Tasmania
We were ready for a break from the heat so we headed south to Tasmania, affectionately called Tassie by the locals. After picking up the car for road trip #3, I was excited to eat my way through a local festival and work it off with a hike on Maria Island. Then we explored the…
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Mansions, Squeaky Beaches and Pelicans, Oh My!
This week we leave Hervey Bay to explore some fancy houses on a sunset cruise around Noosaville. We stretch our legs with longer hikes and Botanical gardens and unexpectedly found a squeaky beach at Byron Bay! A few big things such as a Pineapple and a Prawn give us photo opportunities, as well as a…
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Sleeping Koalas and Giant Mangoes in Australia
It’s time for road trip #2 in Australia! Our second mystery car was waiting for us in Cairns and then we made our way down the coast. We stayed a few days in Townsville to do a day trip hiking on Magnetic Island where we found Koalas in the wild! A Wellie, Mango, Crocodile and…
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A Serendipitous Meeting in Australia
After an overnight flight from Bali, we arrived quite sleepy to Melbourne where we were able to meet up with a friend of mine from my prior company who just happened to be in town on the same day. Then we had a few days exploring Melbourne with our friend who lives here we had…
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Dodging Fires on the Great Ocean Road
The extreme hot and dry weather caused issues for Victoria as we made our way out of Melbourne. We were lucky and the fires were contained before we needed to go through an area under warnings. We enjoyed many coastal views such as the iconic Twelve Apostles and some artisan food shops as we followed…
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First Glimpse of the Land Down Under
Part two of our road trip out of Sydney continued South along the coast, and then west as we reached the corner of the mainland. We found our first wild kangaroos and tried a few iconic Australian foods before we reached Melbourne and some of the hottest weather we’ve seen since Egypt! Jervis Bay to…
