Here are some pics of my travels in AU...sorry it is not letting me out up the images but stay tuned... [View Full Entry]

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"Hot, rugged, dry, flies, rough, red, deserted, breathtaking, and stunning" are just a few words to describe my trip to the outback. This question was on our feedback form to be filled out at the end of our trip. Picking the hottest month of the year to go into the Northern Territory, was crazy; even locals don't travel to this region of Australia at this time. I spent 6 days traveling from Adelaide (Southern Australia) to Alice Springs (Northern Australia) visiting the Fliders Ranges, Cooper City, Uluru, Kata Kjuta, and Kings Canyon. Now to tell a little bit about my [View Full Entry]

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Beware of the Dingos, don't feed the dingos, walk in groups, summertime is when dingos are "boisterous and playful," Dingos are the wild dogs on Fraser Island. Now, I think seeing Dingos on Fraser Island is like seeing Aliens in Roswell, New Mexico because with all the hype, warnings, and signs about these animals, I didn't see one on my whole trip to Fraser Island. The Fraser Island trip started out in Hervey Bay where I was put into a group of 4 Irish, 1 German, and 2 English lads from my hostel. The trip was a 3 day/2 night safari [View Full Entry]

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What a life...I'm sitting here listening to the "Commitments Soundtrack" out in the middle of the ocean with the sun about to set and surrounded by beautiful islands with pure white sand stretching out to the waters. This is a scene from sailing the Whitsundays. My sailing adventure didnt exactly set off smoothly because as I woke in the morning to prepare for my trip I noticed my wallet NOT in my purse. Starting to panic, I asked the other girls in my dorm if they had their wallets..."No!" Luckily the "thoughtful thief" left our purses, wallets and credit card outside [View Full Entry]

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Everyone knows Cairns because it is home of the Great Barrier Reef but for me it was home for 2 and 1/2 months. I have been living and working in Cairns for the past several months and now it is time to leave traveling the rest of Australia. When I first came over to Australia my goal was to work and live as a local; I definitely have been able to accomplish this goal and what a place to live in. PJ O'Briens was my place of employment and it was not your typical Irish pub with its chaoitic backpacker [View Full Entry]

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"Where the rainforest meets the beach" is the famous description of Cape Tribulation. Brie and I managed to get 2 days off of work and hired car with our English friend, Emma, to see the Daintree Rainforest and beaches north of Cairns. It was fascinating driving along the east coast of Australia having scenery change fromm the beaches to farmland to mountains. Our first stop was Mossomons Gorge, which is the start of the Daintree Rainforest, and a natural beauty with rapids flowing through perfectly placed rocks. We were entertained while watching some bloke try to jump from rock to ro [View Full Entry]

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Here are a few pictures....will update you all on everything soon! Stay tuned for a travel blog! [View Full Entry]

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Having one year of clothes and sulpplies into 1 backpack, reading the t-n-t magazine everyday, eating 23 cent noodles, drinking the cheapest box wine, cramming into a hostel with 10 other people in 1 room, taking up others' slang, and best of all doing things you would never have done before. I have to admit that I've experienced all of this while being a "backpacker." When I get back to the states, people aren't going to be able to know what I am saying or understand me. Being as I work at a pub in cairns, I've taken up sayings [View Full Entry]

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It has been officially 1 month since I have been in Sydney, Au and at the first week it seemed like I've been here forever and now it seems like last week I just arrived. So much for getting a consistent job, so much for getting a flat, and so much for saving mony. Being as I am a planner knowing everything I will be doing from the time I get up to the time I go to sleep, it's been crazy how plans, expectations, and ideas change daily. At first I wanted to base myself in Sydney living as [View Full Entry]

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Not knowing where you are or how to get somewhere or what street leads to where, a.k.a-you're lost!! I guess being lost in Sydney isn't such a bad thing considering I ended up on the steps of the famous Sydney Opera House. Today I was suppose to have a "trial" at a cafe, which is like training on a first day of work. I knew how to get there from the bus stop but that wasn't where I was coming from today. Instead, I was in the botanical gardens and I left everyone to walk to the cafe. "Sure, no [View Full Entry]

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