As someone with a keen interest in conservation and zoology, seeing the native wildlife of a place is something that usually features highly on my destination wishlist when I travel. This year hasn’t been easy …
Truly Wild Experiences Down Under
Australia
Spotting quokkas on Rottnest Island, Australia
If you’ve never seen a quokka before, google “the world’s happiest animal” and you’ll see image after image of an adorable furry little creature that appears to be smiling. That, my friends, is a quokka …
Around the World in 7 weeks – a video diary
Around the world in 7 weeks Exactly one year ago today, on 16th October 2015, me and my husband were on a flight from London to Singapore to embark on a whirlwind seven week trip …
Kangaroo Dundee – An Australian Hero
Today’s post was partly inspired by the new series of Kangaroo Dundee which aired on BBC2 this evening, but also the WordPress weekly photo challenge with the theme: admiration. When I visited Australia last October, the …
Beer for brunch – XXXX Brewery Tour
XXXX Brewery Tour Brisbane During our visit to Brisbane we decided to do the XXXX Brewery Tour as neither hubby nor I had ever done a brewery tour before so thought it might be something …
Quirky hostel in Australia – Alice’s Secret… shh!
Alice’s Secret Travellers Inn, Alice Springs One of my favourite places I stayed on my backpacking trip Down Under was a quirky hostel in Australia called Alice’s Secret Travellers Inn. Run by a friendly man named …
26 things I love about Australia
In celebration of it being Australia Day in Oz right now (26th January… well they are ahead of the rest of the world!), and because I have a massive travel crush on The Land Down …