Hey, everyone! Wow – my final week in Tasmania and it has been busy between aurora hunting and visiting MONA, Maria Island, Peter Murrell State Reserve, and more. I can’t believe my time in Tasmania is over! (Warning: this post is LOADED.) MONA MONA, or the Museum of Old and New Art, is one of… Read More Maria Island, MONA, and the Magnificent Aurora Australis
Hi, everyone! How is it halfway through January already? I haven’t done too much this week – it flew by – but the few things I did were a lot of fun: most notably cliff jumping! Blackwall Reach Cliff Jumping In my last post, I stopped at Blackwall Reach momentarily and noticed other people cliff… Read More Cliff Jumping at Blackwall Reach
Hi, everyone, and happy new year! I can’t believe 2022 is over. What a year it had been. Before the year ended, I was finally able to see a dugite – one of the many venomous snakes here in Australia. Neil Hawkins Park One morning, I took the train up to Joondalup to meet with… Read More A Venomous Snake Encounter to Wrap Up 2022
Hi, everyone! Unfortunately, this week’s post won’t be quite as interesting as last week’s trip to Kalbarri but it’s gotta be a balance, right? I stuck pretty close to the city this week, with a hike around Whiteman Park, a fun night at Drag Bingo, and another fun night seeing a comedy show. Whiteman Park… Read More Whiteman Park, Drag Bingo, and Comedy Shows
Roadtrip to Geraldton I took a few days off work to go on a road trip up north to Kalbarri with my friend Jason. I let him do the planning, so everything he had planned was a surprise to me with the exception of seeing some kind of pink lake and wildflowers. I was definitely… Read More North to Kalbarri
I’ve been planning to take a gap year (or two) for many years. Australia has this great visa called the Work and Holiday Visa which allows people from other countries (under the age of 31) to work & live in Australia for up to a year. If you do 88 days of “seasonal work,” you… Read More Introduction to Perth, Australia