After a long day of driving the Great Ocean Road, we headed back inland to catch the freeway and drive back to Melbourne where we were staying for our last night of the trip. When we decided to head back, Nick used his phone to map us a path back… Read more
For the final stop of our trip to Australia, New Zealand and Bali, we took a red-eye from Bali and arrived at 7am into Melbourne. Now for one thing, at this point in the trip, Nick and I were both really sick and our first stop upon arrival in Melbourne’s… Read more
Looking back on 2015, we had some really incredible travel moments. I also recap our favorites from every trip right when we return so I have a way of remembering the amazing moments in destinations all over the world, but this year, I thought it would be fun to look… Read more
Since we headed to bed around 4pm the day we were in Sydney from jet lag, we didn’t have much of a chance to explore the area right around the Opera House. We had seen it from afar from The Rocks and from the Manly Ferry, but when we were… Read more
Our one and only day in Sydney happened to be over 100 degrees in a strange late Spring heatwave. Knowing that would be way too hot to wander the city, we opted for a boat ride instead to see more of the area. Originally we had looked at making the… Read more
When we decided on Australia and New Zealand as our destination for this past trip, there was so much ground to cover (because how often are we down in that part of the world) that with flights and such, we could only spare 1 day in Sydney. And since we… Read more
Before this trip to Australia, New Zealand and Bali, I thought for sure New Zealand would be our favorite spot of the trip. Australia, for me, was a nice couple of stops on the itinerary but I wasn’t super excited about it. I don’t know exactly why, but Australia was… Read more
When we get back from a trip, I always love to look back at the moments that were our favorites, that meant something special, moments that perhaps defined the very best of this particular travel experience. This trip was full of really high highs and really low lows, but more… Read more