So far in our gap year planning feature we’ve covered a whole heap of topics – from where to head to what to pack.
But there’s one majorly fundamental question which we’ve yet to ask. A question which can shape the entirety of your journey – who do you travel with?!
Ok so we’ve dealt with where you might head and how you’re going to lug all your kit there – but what are you going to do once you’ve got there?
Another massive divide amongst the backpacker world is how much planning you should actually do. And that’s what the third part of our Gap Year Planning feature is focussed around – do you plan it or wing it?
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 I got up too.
The phrase goes “hindsight is a wonderful thing”.
It’s very true.
I shouldn’t have bought that.
I shouldn’t have said this.
The same is true of a one certain part of my Australian adventure. A part that is rather fundamental to the whole thing – my working holiday visa.
The current state of my face is testament to the fact that as with all countries Oz can be a dangerous place to be! So this week’s top ten is the Top Ten Things to Avoid Doing in Australia. Take it with a pinch of salt, it’s not meant to put you off coming here or being adventurous, more a tongue in cheek piece of advice!
It’s taken nearly 6 months, but finally all the mosquito bite I incurred whilst campervanning the West Coast have healed up.
Yes you heared that right – 6 MONTHS!
Ok so you’ve spent a lot of time debating it over in your head, reading up on stuff and getting stoked off all the travel banter on the internet.
You’ve made the decision.
Your coming to Oz.
First of all *high five* on making one of the best decisions in your life – as you might be able to tell from my blog I’m pretty dam happy down under!
So now your scraping together the cash and trying to get everything in place. This is a massive undertaking and pretty daunting, especially if your travelling alone.
I’m currently feeding muchos advice to my mate Jimmy who’s heading out here in late June – and I thought the answers to all his questions might help you out a bit too, so I’ve typed up this feature article for you.
In Part 1 of 3 I’m chatting about VISAS, FLIGHTS and PLANNING.
So grab yourself a pen and paper and start taking some notes!
On my return to Byron I ended up not going back to the previously reviewed ‘Beaches’ campsite – simply due to the fact some friends were staying here instead.
Noosa is slightly limited campsite wise within a good proximity to the main surfing beaches and shops, but this site was about a 5-10min journey to First Point, but closer to the shops.
After waking up not so unusually late my mood dropped with the sound of the rain on the roof on my van.
Today was the day I was shooting the 4th annual Alley Fish Fry on Australias Goldcoast.
After a strong coffee and packing up the vast amounts of stuff I seem to have aquired I jumped back into British surfer mode, braved the rain and headed up the coast.
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