Yay for common sense! I’ve come across a Butterfly Sanctuary who has rightly installed numerous No Selfie Sticks signs and have banned their existence inside their premises! But it’s not to protect other selfie takers from having their eyes poked out! I’ll segue onto that point in a minute, but Read more…
Yes, it’s a debate that will forever exist amongst travellers – What Is The Best Food And Drink In The World By Country? Well, that’s a pretty subjective question. We all have varied tastes in food, and some of us are pretty adventurous when it comes to international cuisine (including Read more…
You’ve arrived in Australia, and like many visitors, you head straight to Sydney, Melbourne or the Great Barrier Reef. But many people skip where I live – in Brisbane. It’s actually a great city (or large country town!) because it’s more of a great place to live because of the Read more…
Cairns, in far North Queensland, is my home town. It was a great place to grow up because it’s actually a nice town in a great environment. There’s not too many places in the world that are close to two World Heritage Areas – that is, the Great Barrier Reef, Read more…
Yay, it’s time to wear the ‘brown underpants’ as I try to tick off the thrill seeking part of my bucket list! Sorry, if you don’t understand that Australian slang, that means I’m doing something adventurous… This time, it’s thanks to TripAdvisor again. They kindly asked me if I was interested Read more…
One thing that many people do when travelling overseas is go horseback riding in some spectacular location like a beach, national park, or some other picturesque location in the world. Personally, I’d rather throw myself off a cliff on a bungee swing as I’m scared s*&tless of riding horses. They Read more…
Here’s one to add to the myth that Australia is full of dangerous animals (see Drop Bears!) that are out to kill you on your holiday! The reality is the vast majority of Australian’s live in urban areas and will never come anywhere near a creepy crawly or something that’s Read more…
Here is another thing to add to the list of ‘Big Things In Australia’. It’s the Big Captain James Cook! Ahoy there landlubbers! As a quick history lesson, Captain Cook was an English explorer who sailed to all sorts of remote places around the world in the 1700s. He had Read more…
If you’ve ever travelled in rural Australia, you might come across the odd Fire Danger Rating sign which indicates the likelihood of a fire occurring in the general vicinity that day. Australia’s vegetation has evolved to be pyrophyllic (fire loving) because for the most part, it’s an arid country and Read more…
I’ve never had to take one because I was born here, but for many people who immigrate to Australia from overseas, most have to jump through a number of hoops to get hold of that treasured piece of paper that is Australian Citizenship by undertaking the Australian Citizenship Test. This Read more…
