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Day Trip: Explore Cape Tribulation and Daintree Rainforest
Amazingly, we broke away from our day to day routines in Cairns and ventured outside the city limits for a day trip to Cape Tribulation. The Daintree/Cape Tribulation coast is where the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest meet, the only place in the world...
Cairns: Enjoying the Tropical North
Since arriving in Cairns, Australia, my moving-around-every-day-backpacker-life has come to somewhat of a standstill. Now my days are full of lazy mornings playing too many card games and long afternoons lounging by the lagoon in the city center. After my frigid...
Tasmania Road trip Roundup
Tasmania Road trip complete: Arriving back in Hobart completed our circumnavigation road trip around Tasmania. Since reception at the Pickled Frog was closed when we trampled in after midnight, Gwenda and I grabbed some couch space for the remainder of the evening...
Tasmania: Cradle Mountain-Lake St.Clair
During our multi-day road trip around Tasmania, we managed to cover most of the hot spots on the island (weather permitting). Leaving Strahan with just a few aches in our backs from car camping, we gassed up Deedee for a drive to one of the most visited sites on the...
Tasmania: It’s Still Raining, Gwenda.
After leaving Launceston, I felt we were thrown into the Tasmanian twilight zone. Brunie, Wynyard, Rosebery, and Zeehan were but specs on the map, and tiny "sweet" restroom stops along the drive. I was struck by how much the area reminded me The towns villages grew...
Tasmania: Bay of Fires and Beach Camping
Our brilliant idea of sleeping in the back of Deedee wasn't gong so well. While camping in Mt. Field, we awoke to ice covered windows and frozen toes. I'm not sure what we were thinking for we attempted to drive to the top of the mountain that morning. I got us about...
Tasmania Road trip: Discover Port Arthur and Wineglass Bay
Tasmania Roadtrip begins - After a few days in Hobart where we visited the local markets, strolled along the docks, and ate our share of fish 'n ships, we were all set to start our adventure of driving around Tasmania island. Renting a car was no problem, and on...
Tasmania: Snow, Rain, and Gale Force Winds
There's a Gale in Tasy! - Well, I'm being a bit dramatic, but it certainly felt that we were in the middle of a full blown gale at times!! Welcome to life in Tasmania. The island is beautiful, a sprawling terrain of rugged mountains, jutting snow peaks, yellow and...
Discover Hobart: A Whimsical Village
Our Tasmanian adventure actually started off on a spectacular path in whimsical Hobart. I met up with Gwenda who had arrived at the Pickled Frog hostel the previous evening whereas I caught the earliest flight available the next morning. My Melbourne hostel had a...
Cosmopolitan Melbourne and Coffee Culture
Farewell to the Games - Melbourne's atmosphere is addictive! There are so many different people from around the world supporting one another, chatting in the streets, and hanging out in pubs long into the early morning hours. One of my favorite parts about the...
