Find the rest of our trip here One of the best parts of our Australia trip was driving the Great Ocean Road. This famous scenic route is accessible from Melbourne (the start of the route is 1.5 hours from the city). You can do it as a day trip, which is what our group did, … Continue reading Australia: The Great Ocean Road & Kangaroos
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Australia: Melbourne – Day Trips
If you missed it, read about the beginning of our trip here. The city of Melbourne has so much to offer. There are endless things to do! In our free time, we were able to explore the city a bit and take some fun day trips. Melbourne Zoo One of our first days in the … Continue reading Australia: Melbourne – Day Trips
Australia: Melbourne
If you missed the first two posts, read about the previous legs of our trip to Australia here and here. Pro tip: In an Australian accent, "Melbourne" sounds a lot more like "Melbin" because their R's are soft! Arriving in Melbourne was a bit of a shock coming from the sunny northern part of the … Continue reading Australia: Melbourne
Australia: Mt Tamborine
If you missed it, read about the first leg of our trip here. As I mentioned, I have ALWAYS loved rainforests (since Kindergarden when I first learned about them!). Going to Mt Tamborine in Australia was my very first time being IN a rainforest It was. the best. Our camp, where we stayed for the … Continue reading Australia: Mt Tamborine
Australia: Brisbane
Brisbane is, so far, the city that feels the most "me." Brisbane is: Sunny Warm Close to the ocean Silly and off-beat Filled with juices + markets Relaxed and chill Growing up I associated Australia with myself because of my name, and thus had always wanted to visit. I do wish that we could've fit … Continue reading Australia: Brisbane
New Zealand: Finale
I can't wait to post my pictures and share about my adventures in Puerto Rico (as well as my trip to Blacksburg this weekend), but first I must finish up this New Zealand series! It has been really fun to go back and re-live our New Zealand trip by typing everything out. I made a … Continue reading New Zealand: Finale
New Zealand: Part WEOIFJLSKC
I apologize that this series is going on for SO long! But I want to get these memories down to be able to look back at later. And I can't help but not narrow down the photos too too much! I promise, only one more post after this 🙂 Coromandel - Hahei Beach After our … Continue reading New Zealand: Part WEOIFJLSKC
New Zealand: Part IV
This is a long series because I have a lot of pictures and memories from our trip that I want to document. 🙂 So I hope you're enjoying it! This is the heaviest section, because these first two days were so, so great. Hopefully in this post I will make it through most of the … Continue reading New Zealand: Part IV
New Zealand: Part III
Dinner in Hahei After our Cathedral Cove hike, Whit and I checked into our hotel in Hahei. We stayed at a campground/resort which had a decent room that was right on the beach. Our room unfortunately faced the parking lot instead of the beach, but it didn't matter because we were never in there while … Continue reading New Zealand: Part III
New Zealand: Part II
Auckland After our morning in Leigh on the glass bottom boat, we hopped in the car to make our way over to the Coromandel Peninsula. Keep in mind this was our first time really seeing the countryside, because our first night's drive was in the dark. First we passed Auckland, and I snapped this picture … Continue reading New Zealand: Part II