Lauren and I at Sydney airport awaiting departure

Trip Preparation and Leaving Home

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October 23rd 2008
I can't remember when it was exactly, but a year before we actually embarked on this trip we had this crazy idea that it might be a cool idea to do a 12 month round the world trip. The first part of the trip would be to live and work at a ski resort for an entire ski season (usually about 6 months) somewhere in North America . As well as that, we were to continue travelling for the remaining 6 mon ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Maroubra

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more