Category: Lists

Travel Light, Travel Safe, Travel Smart – Ten Things You Probably Won’t Need On Your Backpacking Adventure

September 1, 2015

Now, I’m far from a globetrotting-pro, and I don’t claim to be experienced in navigating my way across rough terrain, remote desert land or arctic tundra with only 7kgs on my back and a tattered old atlas for company, but I do happen to know a few things, and what essentials to take with you … More Travel Light, Travel Safe, Travel Smart – Ten Things You Probably Won’t Need On Your Backpacking Adventure

30 Proper Funny Things That Sort Of Happened When I Hit The Big 3-OH…

August 21, 2015

There comes a time in life when we reach that dreaded age; that age that once-upon-a-decade ago seemed a million years away; that age that once seemed so insignificant and unintended for you, you never thought it would actually come around. It suddenly becomes a reality though, and doesn’t just creep up on you, but … More 30 Proper Funny Things That Sort Of Happened When I Hit The Big 3-OH…

Things I’ve Learned About Hostels. Part Two.

July 7, 2015

About eight months ago I wrote a blog entitled “Things I’ve I learned About Hostels. Part One” in which I described all the things that can and probably will occur when you resign yourself to life on the road and inevitably, the hostel life – the good, the bad and the downright disgustingly ugly. Having stayed … More Things I’ve Learned About Hostels. Part Two.

Things I’ve Learned About Myself Since Being in Australia

April 24, 2015

Well well, it’s been almost seven months and I’m still here, still learning and still growing. When I first arrived I have to admit I was impatient; wanting everything to happen at once: the self-discovery, the inevitable growth, the development of character etc. My friend Nichola told me to bide my time, to take it … More Things I’ve Learned About Myself Since Being in Australia

All About That Bass…Or Should That Be, Base?

November 24, 2014

A week after leaving the delights of hostel life in Brisbane (oh the sarcasm), I’ve found myself looking back, contemplating and yearning for that crowded, smelly, noisy, badly air-conditioned, backpacker platform again (sorry, I can’t help it, it’s the lowest form of wit; sue me). In all seriousness though, I am missing the hostel life … More All About That Bass…Or Should That Be, Base?

10 really dramatic things that happened when I turned 29!

August 15, 2014

Soooo, on Thursday 14th August 2014, I turned 29. Not a milestone birthday, I hear you say, and no, it isn’t, but despite it being the final year of my twenties (sob), and despite the fact my life at the moment is an uncontrollable, confused, spiral of ‘what ifs’ and ‘what nexts’, I don’t feel … More 10 really dramatic things that happened when I turned 29!