Top Ten Tuesday – West Coast

7 09 2010

Going back to my personal guide format this Top Ten Tuesday is focusing on the month i spent campervanning the West Coast of Australia – off the beaten track and full of unexplored treats and more nature than its partying East Coast cousin. So I bring you my Top Ten Things on the West Coast.

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Top Ten Tuesday – Things So Far

31 08 2010

Instead of bringing you another Top 10 Places post I decided to mix it up a bit this week. Seeing as I’ve been here just over 10 months I thought I’d recap and reminisce on my travels in Australia and bring you my Top 10 Things So Far – one for each month I’ve spent down under. (and yes I know there’s 11…but I did leave mid October!)

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Top Ten Tuesday – Cairns

24 08 2010

With my mind on a roadtrip up the East Coast with a heap of my Byron buddies my thoughts have been wandering back to where I started my trip, and indeed where I may finish it – Cairns. This week – following in the footsteps of my Sydney Top 10 I bring you my Top 10 Things to Do in Cairns.

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Top Ten Tuesday – Sydney

17 08 2010

It’s been a while since I’ve been in the iconic Australian city of Sidders, but I had a pretty dam good time there and it kept me well entertained over the Xmas and NY period. So this week I’m reminiscing and bringing you my Top Ten Things to Do in Sydney.

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Top Ten Tuesday – Stuff We Should’ve Done

10 08 2010

As you may have already read, this week my little bro left Byron and headed back to the UK after 7 weeks of soaking up the Aussie sun and riding the waves with me. Despite all our pre Oz banter and planning we didn’t achieve much during his stay – we basically surfed all day and partied all night! Which was fine! But here’s my Top Ten Things We Should’ve Done!

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Top Ten Tuesday – Why Australia?

28 07 2010

I’ve been in Australia for nearly 10 months now – and I can safely say I’ve enjoyed every minute of it (minus the hangovers of course!) but why Australia? What made me want to spend so much time in a place so far from home? So this week I’m bringing you my Top 10 Reasons I Came To Oz.

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Top Ten Tuesday – Byron Activities

20 07 2010

It’s that time of the week again!

And since I’m living and exploring Byron rather intensively I thought it only right to bring you a list of stuff to do in this lovely town. So this week its my Top 10 Things to Do in Byron.

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Top Ten Tuesday – Films and TV

13 07 2010

Since traveling, well more to the point – since settling down in Byron, I’ve pikied alot of films off peoples hard drives and chillaxed in many a hostel common room watching movies. It seems a central theme to travelling – sharing music and films. It’s opened my eyes to new tunes and awesome media – mainly from Ryans laptop! So this week I’m bringing you my Top Ten Films/ TV Shows.

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Top Ten Tuesday – Aussie Slang

6 07 2010

When you and in a foreign country you are usually armed with a few sayings or phrases to get you through some basic conversations or questions. School boy French, possibly the odd bit of German and maybe some REALLY basic Spanish is the stretch of my linguistic skills. But when you come to Oz you think you’ll be fine – after all it’s and English speaking country. Much like counties across England Oz has it’s own slang abbreviations, so this week it’s my Top Ten Aussie Slang Terms.

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Top Ten Tuesday – Things I Miss

30 06 2010

I’ve been away from home for over 8 months now. And with the arrival of my little brother and Jimmy an a few treats packaged by the parentals I’ve thought about home a bit – not in an “I want to go home” way, more reminiscing. So this week I’m bringing you the Top Ten Things I Miss From Home.

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