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We WON! Here's what we are getting up to...

WARNING - serious jealousy may develop after reading this!

My Mother joins the party :)

Hey guys!

 

Just thought I would give a quick introduction to my mother, who is joining me and Al on our adventures!

 

Colloquially I call my mother Heather, for no reason, other than that. She is an awesome laugh and is keen to experience anything!

 

Originally from Dublin, she has now given up her...

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A very Aussie Christmas!

Well Hello there fellow travellers! How was everyone's Christmas? What did everyone get up too? Were you huddled up by the fire, were you skiing down mountains or were you sunning yourself somewhere on the beach with a cocktail in hand.

Fortunately for us, it was the latter, and me Alice and my...

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Work, Work, Work

So that time of the travelling year comes round again where I discover I have spent my farm work money! noooo. So it is the job hunt for me. As you can expect it is exactly the same as the UK- gumtree, job websites, pleading emails. The best one I have found is SEEK! Really useful to find any...

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THE BEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE.....

WOW if you haven't seen NYE in SYDNEY- pack your bags and go next year,

THEY ARE INCREDIBLE!!!!! INCREDIBLEE!!!!!!!

Me and my friend Mel went to see them and they were just incredible.We managed to get to just under the bridge, by the rocks and view them from underneath and the whole skjy was just...

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Apples, Apples and even more Apples

SOOOOOO, I am writing from FREE DOM!!

So don't ask how it happened or why, but I ended up spending a month of my time working on a fruit picking farm in Queensland. IT WAS HARD. We had to work 6 days a week- 6.30AM until 3.30. BUT I SURVIVED! Yippee! Let me explain more...

So it started off with...

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The wonderful world of work for accommodation

 

So guys, sorry we have been rather quiet recently... we have been living the fun life of the backpacker unemployed. If you didn't know, in Australia if you want to extend your one year Working Holiday Visa you have to complete 88 days of rural farmwork. You can check out the details here. I...
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Top Ten hostel tips for Aus (And anywhere else really)

Hello guys... As I now claim to be a bit of a expert in staying in Hostels after 4 months of shared accomodation, snoring and lost luggage, I thoguth I would pass on the ways of the world to you, the humble reader, in an attempt to make your life on the road a little easier :) 

1. See what you...

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Edge of Poverty: Travellers top tips

Hello there

Sorry it has been a while- I've been in between every type of job imaginable (Most of them, turn out to be unpaid/ the employers refuse to give you any form of wage) and I'm now back in Melbourne.

In this blog, Im telling you how best it is to survive traveling- when you are down to...

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The Easty Beasties

 

So bloggers,I write to you from a sweaty hostel room in CAIRNS, a sunny hotspot in North Queensland. Wow, it is boiling up here, like literally I am forever wiping my brow. HOWEVER, how did I get here? me and my friend Mel, completed a mega exciting ROAD TRIP! 
So it all began with a trip on a...
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Surfs Up dude

Hey guys!

Writing to you after a shattering week at Surf Camp! OMG IT WAS AMAAAAZING! You get the chance to go to surf camp through your working holiday visa package that the kind people at the Work and Travel Company. You can sign up for 1, 2/3 day or week long packages (which obviously is what...

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