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My Australian Home This weeks Photo of The Week is my Aussie campervan – my personal house on wheels that I aquired in Sydney and explored the East Coast with. It took me down to Melbourne, the great ocean road, and all the way back up through Byron Bay to Noosa before settling back in [...]

 The Campervan Ethos This image was shot during my time down in Newquay a few weeks ago where I finally got to tick another item off my bucket list – crashing in an old school VW Camper, courtesy of my fellow surf rescue buddy Tom. For me this is the campervan ethos – home really [...]

When you backpack you meet heaps of new people – many of which you’ll never see again, but from time to time you’ll meet some people who make a massive part of your trip. And I spent the weekend catching up with my fave Aussie couple – Ben and Sammy East Coast Carnage I met [...]

Roadtrip, East Coast Oz This long exposure shot was taken in my last month in Australia where a group of my Byron buddies and me headed up the coast to Cairns in Damos campervan. We didn’t pay for camping the entire roadtrip which meant alot of covert camping! It was an epic journey which took [...]

Campfires, Hawks Nest Everyone loves a good campfire – even more so when it’s on a beach in the heat of an Aussie evening! This shot was taken at the start of my East Coast roadtrip on a secluded beach near Hawks Nest – we literally just parked up and camped on the dunes, eating [...]

Lake McKenzie, QLD This is the beautiful Lake McKenzie – possibly one of the most gorgeous places I’ve ever laid my eyes on. The crystal blue waters are warm and clean and the rainforest 4×4 drive to get there is epically fun :) In  fact Fraser Island was one of my funnest adventures on the [...]

I’ve spent a lot of time of the last few weeks starting with the inevitable “this time last year” quote. So I thought I’d recap the highlights of my time in Oz one year on in a new feature called “From The Vault”. This weekly series will pick out the best times and experiences of [...]

Koala Adventure Island, Whitsundays The above shot was taken on my time on the Whitsunday Islands last month. Although the weather wasn’t ideal until the last day (typical!) the potential of these islands and the natural beauty that they contained was easily seen. This image was shot from the beach of the Koala Adventure Island [...]

For the last few days I’ve been taking it easy and relaxing under palm trees on the beautiful Magnetic Island. I’ve enjoyed the couple nights in an air conned bed too – coming up the coast has involved a lot of guerilla camping in hot sweaty tents. Tweet

The last few days of my East Coast Tour have been spent just outside Noosa in Gagaju Canoe camp, where a 3 day, 2 night canoe tour of the Noosa Everglades was on the cards. So this post contains a review of my time here, the pros and cons and a mini diary of what [...]

After 6 months and following weeks of planning I finally popped the Byron Bubble and have left the town I’ve called home for the majority of my Oz trip for good. I’ve known this day had to come but I’ve been ignoring the fast approach of it and trying not to think about it too [...]