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Melbourne vs Sydney
One of my biggest questions when I was first headed to Australia for my year abroad (that turned into four years abroad) was what city to...
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![Brisbane, Noosa, Surfers, & Byron Bay](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6878c6_4c82876ba83e40ee81bacf348c863d65~mv2_d_4000_3000_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_670,h_503,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/6878c6_4c82876ba83e40ee81bacf348c863d65~mv2_d_4000_3000_s_4_2.webp)
Brisbane, Noosa, Surfers, & Byron Bay
It was strange to reach my final weeks in Australia. By that time, I was ready to move on, so parts of it almost felt like going through...
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Fraser Island
Fraser Island wins for my favorite beach-y location that I visited in Australia. It's the world's largest sand island, and many...
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Skydive & Great Barrier Reef
I went back to Cairns for the third time in a year during my last month in Australia, officially making it my most returned to place in...
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Northern Territory: Road Trip to Darwin
I've done a whole lot of cool things in Australia, so it means a lot when I say that the Northern Territory outback is quite easily and...
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The Red Centre
Central Australia (like all of the outback) is one of the strangest, most remote places I've ever visited. Alice Springs is the main, and...
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Queensland Country Life Pt. 2: Fun & Friends
If you haven't yet read Part 1, click to find out where in the world I was living and understand some of the Aussie slang that you may...
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Queensland Country Life, Pt. 1: Marlborough Town & Work
"You've got to be fucking kidding me," was my first thought. I was standing alone in the unlit parking lot of a closed gas station at 11...
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The Whitsundays & Airlie Beach
Airlie Beach is a place that I highly enjoyed, but it was a major downer situation that brought me there. I had gone to Cairns planning...
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Daintree Rainforest & Cape Tribulation
When you think of the deadliest animals in Australia, what do you picture? Probably crocodiles, sharks, snakes, and spiders, but how many...