Just a quick wrap-up of the last few birds we saw in Australia before boarding our flight to Thailand! Not many interesting facts this time, but we did discover that the brahminy kite has very weak feet, so they can’t … Read More
Tucked away in the southern corner of New South Wales, a couple of hours south of Canberra and straddling the border with Victoria, lies Kosciuszko National Park, home to Australia’s highest peak, Mt. Kosciuszko. Rising 2,228 meters (7,310 feet) within … Read More
When planning this trip, we had intended to spend about a month and a half in Australia, and then fly to Thailand to volunteer at an elephant sanctuary in mid-April. When we look at the sanctuary’s calendar in January, while … Read More
What would a visit to Australia be without a lesson in one of the Aussies’ most famous outdoor pastimes – surfing? We excitedly booked a lesson with Let’s Go Surfing! at Sydney’s most renowned strip of sand and surf, Bondi … Read More
It seems that no visit to Sydney could really be considered complete without climbing the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge. Is it expensive and seemingly overpriced? Yes. Is it something that thousands of tourists do on a weekly basis? Yes. Is … Read More
When determining how to best split up the remaining weeks of our trip, we had initially planned to spend a couple days in the Blue Mountains, a range of mountains west of Sydney. Upon discovering an inexpensive, little self-contained apartment, … Read More
The penny does Australia: If you are wondering why there aren’t more pictures of the penny posed in iconic national scenes, it’s because I am supremely overprotective of the precious coin (probably bordering on some type of disorder). Pulling the … Read More
