Here it is! 10 months of backpacking the East Coast of Australia with Ultimate Oz and Loka Travel wrapped up into an 8 minute video. Lewis and I started our journey in Sydney, NSW and ended in Cairns, QLD and loved every second in between. If you’re considering doing a working holiday in Australia, DO IT. “Hope when the moment comes You’ll say I did it all… I owned every second that this world could give I saw so many places The things that I did Yeah, with every broken bone

Did traveling change me? Of course. But you may be surprised about some of the ways how: I’m braver. Jumping out of a plane at 14,000 feet? Check. Moving to a town where I know no one? No problem. I’ve done loads of things many people would consider scary in the past year, bring it on. I give less of a f*ck. Before I went away I felt like the littlest dumbest things mattered so much more to me. Stupid things like if my shoes matched the rest of my outfit, or if my shirt was s

Our group on Fraser Island The Crew at the Whitsundays Cruising crystal clear sea water on a yacht, strolling down white sand beaches, driving a 4×4 down sandy island shores… these are bucket list items unique to Australia’s Fraser Island and the Whitsunday Islands that travelers dream of when they plan a trip to Australia. While Fraser and the Whitsundays are both located in Queensland, there are many major similarities and differences between the two. They both cost quite a

Watching the New Year’s Eve fireworks in Sydney is a major travel goal for so many people, myself included!! This year I was lucky enough to take part in the festivities and it was totally worth the hype!! We grabbed an Uber and met my family at their Darlinghurst Airbnb. Being NYE, Sydney was crazy and we were so lost as to where we should watch the fireworks. To access one of the Sydney city recommended spots you have to line up (or even camp out!) hours and hours in advanc

I feel a little weird posting this because I feel like every other post I see on social media is full of negativity for 2016… there’s even a fake horror film trailer depicting how terrible this year was. But 2016 has been, without a doubt, my best year ever. I think it’s true that sometimes you’ve really gotta hit your lowest lows in order to get that kick in the ass you need to go after your goals. I was 110% coming off a years worth of struggle in 2015. Fresh out of college

It’s been 100 days since I left home on my year long adventure around the world and I’ve already learned so much more than any class has ever taught me. Take LOADS of pictures and videos. Just when you think you have enough, take double what you already have. Buying food from grocery stores will alway be cheaper than eating out. Buy a reusable water bottle. You’ll save hundreds. Make connections: some of the best days of travel were when we reached out to friends of friends o

The undercurrent of discrimination towards backpackers here is coming as a shock. It’s not really noticeable at first because Australians appreciate the tourism and economy boost that backpackers and travelers bring to the area. Day-to-day Australians are super nice and totally welcoming. But any potential employers and real estate agents are so so untrusting of us. I kind of get it. I quit my job at the restaurant here in the exact sort of way that must make employers hate w

#vlog #eastcoastoz #HIGHLIGHTREEL #oz #travel #roadtrip #HIGHLIGHTS #VIDEO #AUSTRALIA #eastcoasttour

It’s been two months! Here’s a list of random thoughts/things I’ve noticed over the past few weeks that I’ve been keeping on the notes section of my iPhone for your reading entertainment. Two months later and I think I’ve only just gotten over the dehydration from the flight out here. Not being dramatic. I would give my first born child for a Dunkin iced coffee. I never knew how dependent on iced coffee I was until I had to live without it for two months. They just. Can’t. Fi

Holy cow have I had a hard time uploading this video! Wi-fi in Australia gets 2 big thumbs down. Fraser Island on the other hand gets all the thumbs up haha. Hands down the best weekend we have had in Australia so far! From speeding down remote beaches in our own 4WDs, a scenic sea flight, swimming in crystal clear Lake Mackenzie to tubing in Eli Creek, it was an absolutely incredible 3 days with some equally incredible people. Will do a full post on our weekend soon but in t

I have been waiting to post until I have good news… I didn’t realize I was going to have to wait this long!!! There is SO much to catch up on and now that I feel like the wait is over I have a lot of posts coming up! I still haven’t written about Fraser Island! It was 100% the best thing we’ve done in Australia so far and I can’t wait to do a post all about it. My Fraser Island video has been ready and waiting to get posted for weeks now but the internet is such CRAP everywhe

During our time backpacking the East of Coast of Australia Lewis and I stayed in a wide variety of different types of accommodation. Everything from Airbnbs to luxury hotels to campsites to some seriously budget hostels… here is a comprehensive list of everywhere we stayed and our rankings of the experience. New South Wales: Vilma’s Airbnb – Maroubra, Sydney Type of accommodation: Airbnb My rating: 7/10 Vilma’s was a bit far away from Sydney CBD but it was easy enough to get

Here’s a little video of what we were up to on the Gold Coast. A whole lotta kayaking and saw a bunch of strange little Aussie critters. Enjoy! #explore #goldcoast #brisbane #featured #vlog #queensland #backpacker #oz #BACKPACKING #wanderlust #travelaustralia #NEWSOUTHWALES #travel #surfersparadise #byronbay #goldcoast #femaletravel #AUSTRALIA #solofemaletravel #eastcoasttour

A quick video of some of the awesome hikes around Sydney I did before I started the road trip up the East Coast of Australia. First bit is from the Coogee to Bondi coastal path in Sydney and the second is from The Blue Mountains hike about a 2 hour train ride from the city. Such beautiful places! Click here to read the full post about the Blue Mountains. #explore #BLUEMOUNTAINS #featured #backpackers #oz #BACKPACKING #wanderlust #NEWSOUTHWALES #travel #HIKING #COOGEEBEACH #HI

#explore #abroad #ultimatetravel #featured #workingholiday #backpackers #oz #BACKPACKING #wanderlust #travel #trips #travelvideo #ULTIMATEOZ #videos #adventure #AUSTRALIA #couplestravel #sydney

Somehow we’ve been on the road for two weeks now and it has both felt like two years and two seconds. Funny how that happens. We’ve done absolutely loads in the last two weeks and now we’ve got a few days in Sydney to just chill out before we have another wild 16 days ahead of us. I had previously written we’d be doing the east coast tour as far as Noosa but now it looks like we’ll be doing Fraser Island as well (no complaints over here!!) We’ve said goodbye to some of the am