by Girl Sees The World | May 26, 2018 | Australia, Oceania, Queensland, Travel
As a former expat living in Australia, I fell completely in love with the country. It has some of the most beautiful nature I’ve seen in the world. Queensland in particular is full of so many scenic spots to visit. Brisbane offers the excitement of a big city,...
by Girl Sees The World | Aug 19, 2017 | Expat Life, Living Abroad, Travel
Something that has become a sort of rite of passage among backpackers is living in a hostel while travelling. If you haven’t stayed in hostels before, you may picture the rooms as dark and depressing. Maybe in the past there were some like that, but nowadays...
by Girl Sees The World | Aug 10, 2017 | Australia, Oceania, Sydney & New South Wales, Travel
The entire continent of Australia is full of amazing roadtrip after amazing roadtrip. I made the incredible journey from Darwin to Melbourne by car, and a few months later was lucky enough to experience the East Coast of Australia too! Any backpacker who has spent...
by Girl Sees The World | Jun 12, 2017 | Australia, Oceania, Queensland, Travel
As Katy Perry famously said, “You can travel the world, but nothing comes close to the golden coast.” Except, we’re not talking about California. We’re talking about the true Golden Coast in Queensland, Australia! For anyone who’s never...
by Girl Sees The World | Jun 2, 2017 | Australia, Expat Life, Living Abroad, Melbourne & Victoria, Oceania, Outback Australia, Queensland, South Australia, Sydney & New South Wales, Tasmania, Travel
Have you ever thought about what it would be like to live as an expat in Australia? I feel like everything I read or see portrays life in Australia completely differently. In fact, if you’ve never been to Australia yourself, you probably have an idea in your...
by Girl Sees The World | May 31, 2017 | Australia, Melbourne & Victoria, Oceania, Travel
Since it’s basically a massive island, Australia is full of beautiful coastal routes. There’s the Grand Pacific Drive south of Sydney and beautiful drives along the coastlines of Queensland and Western Australia. But what is widely known as the...
by Girl Sees The World | May 18, 2017 | Australia, Living Abroad, Outback Australia
Here’s a sentence that teenage me never could have seen coming. In November and December, my boyfriend and I spent more than a month camping and living out of our car. After visiting Nathaniel Cars, we were able to buy a quality yet inexpensive vehicle, and radically...
by Girl Sees The World | May 15, 2017 | Australia, Oceania, South Australia, Travel
And here begins the next chapter of my boyfriend and my epic roadtrip around Australia a few months ago… After weeks of travelling through the Top End and Outback of the Northern Territory, we made our way to Adelaide. It was like a breath of fresh air to be back in a...
by Girl Sees The World | May 7, 2017 | Australia, Expat Life, Living Abroad, New Zealand, Oceania
After being in New Zealand for almost three months now, I’ve gotten to know it pretty well. After 15 months in Australia, my visa ended, so I decided to come to Wellington next. People had told me Melbourne and Wellington are very similar, and I do see what they mean...
by Girl Sees The World | Apr 26, 2017 | Australia, Oceania, Outback Australia, Travel
When you picture Australia, one of two things will come to mind—the sprawling beaches along the coastlines or the stunning interior of the country best known as the Outback. And based on the title, I’m sure you can tell which one this post is going to be about! On our...
by Girl Sees The World | Apr 14, 2017 | Australia, Oceania, Outback Australia, Travel
When people visit Australia, the areas that tend to be most popular are Sydney and Melbourne, the Great Barrier Reef and Queensland coastline, Uluru and the dry red centre, and even the wine regions near both Perth and Adelaide. One of the regions that tends to be...
by Girl Sees The World | Dec 31, 2016 | Asia, Australia, Bali, Malaysia, Melbourne & Victoria, Oceania, Outback Australia, Queensland, Singapore, South Australia, Sydney & New South Wales, Tasmania, Travel
It’s been a while since my last post, and I have so many cool places to write about! Since my last blog I took a trip to Bali and then did an epic Australian road trip from Darwin down to Adelaide, back to Melbourne and then up to the Gold Coast. But before I get into...