Category: Big Trip

We were treated to a few of these at Ao Nang beach.. Krabi Thailand 0

The Andaman coast and islands

We stayed at Ao Nang for almost two weeks. It is on the coast close to Krabi town and has pictures perfect beaches as well as plenty of taxi boats to take you to...

Evening at Wat Pho Bangkok 0

Bangkok

We never intended on going to Bangkok this early but due to the worst typhoon ever recorded hitting the Philippines, we gladly diverted. We knew that Asia would be a haggling culture. At the...

We visited around a dozen factories China 0

China

Though not strictly part of our ‘big trip’, our time in Mainland China was really interesting. We stayed in the popular manufacturing district of Dongguan, and made day trips to Shenzhen and Zhongshan. This...

Harbour view from the Luna Park Area Sydney 0

Sydney

Sydney is a very clean, young, exciting city which seemingly has everything important on its doorstep to make it a great place to live. We really enjoyed our short visit too! We stayed in...

The river at night Brisbane 0

Noosa and Brisbane

Noosa is a very well presented large town where we met up with an ex-swimming coach of Olly’s called Julie and her husband Ian. Similarly to other friends we had meet up with on...

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Central and Southern Queensland

It was a last minute decision to go the Tablelands and Atherton. Although very close the coast and wet tropical forests, it was much dryer here, rich red colours soils became more prevelant. Being...

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The Great Ocean Road

This is a top road trip for visitors to Oz – a journey along the south coast stretching westwards from Melbourne. This time, we tried out a tiny camper for size. The views along...

Old trams still in operation Melbourne 0

Melbourne

We sent back all our jackets and jumpers home in preparation for the heat of AUSTRALIA! However, it turns out that it rains quite a lot in Melbourne and in the spring it can...

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Christchurch

This was our final destination in New Zealand. Were looking forward to meeting up with the last Knox (Callum) and discovering more about the slowly regenerating CBD following the devastation left by the 2011...