HOW TO SPEAK AUSTRALIAN

I’ve been in Australia for almost a year now, and it’s safe to say that a few times I’ve stood there with a blank expression on my face. The Aussies do speak English, but there’s still a lot of words that we’re unaware of in the UK, and probably the rest of the world. If…

2018

Happy New Year! It’s bit of a belated happy new year post, as I’ve had no signal and been busy working on the farm, but this is a bit of an update of what’s to come for 2018. 2017 was great to me, travel wise. I managed to achieve something I’ve been wanting to do…

NOVEMBER – A NEW WAY OF DOING THINGS

November is finally here! This year is going so fast, and it’s bizarre to think I’ve been travelling for exactly 6 months today. Now, I’ve been useless with my blog lately. Apologies about that. I could say I’ve been having too much fun, but I’d be lying. I’ve been too busy working, then being too…

UPDATE OCTOBER 2017

Apologies, I’ve been useless with my blog recently and hardly posted anything. I haven’t done an update for a while, so thought I would fill you all in on the latest. I’m currently living in Brisbane, in Australia. I have an apartment in New Farm, which is a really nice area, and pretty close to…

TIPS FOR FINDING WORK IN AUSTRALIA AS A BACKPACKER

So you’ve got that Working Holiday Visa, planned a trip of a lifetime to Australia, but then reality kicks in and you realise if you want the travelling to continue, you’re going to have to work for it. A lot of travellers that go to Australia forget that it is a “working” holiday visa, and…

NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO

Head over to my YouTube channel to see my latest video from my week in Hong Kong. Shot on my GoPro Hero 4 and my Samsung S6. Check out there video here:

EXPLORING HONG KONG DIARY: DAY 3

Check out what I previously got up to in Hong Kong: EXPLORING HONG KONG DIARY: NIGHT 2 EXPLORING HONG KONG DIARY: DAY 2 HONG KONG: ARRIVAL Day 3 started off sunny, so I planned to head to the Big Buddha, aka the Tian Tan Buddha on the Ngong Ping island in Hong Kong. I really…

EXPLORING HONG KONG DIARY: NIGHT 2

Catch up with my previous Hong Kong Diary entries here: EXPLORING HONG KONG DIARY: DAY 2 HONG KONG: ARRIVAL So after a long day exploring Hong Kong for the first time, battling jet lag, and being overwhelmed how busy Hong Kong actually is, I headed out for my second evening. I had a few things…

EXPLORING HONG KONG DIARY: DAY 2

So I had my first night in my hostel. I had a mixture of jet lag, and also experienced what it’s like to try and sleep in a busy city like Hong Kong. The hostel was really good that it was centrally located, but this meant road traffic noise pretty much all night. That, and being…

10 THINGS I’VE LEARNED LIVING IN AUSTRALIA FOR 3 MONTHS

You can’t buy alcohol from the supermarket Back home, you can do your weekly food shop, and chuck in a few beers/bottles of wine with it, then go home. Not in Australia. You have to go to a specific bottle shop to purchase your alcohol. Luckily there’s usually one nearby to every supermarket, so you…