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Changing focus at Yoga in Daily Life, Brisbane
I had been looking forward to WWOOFing at Yoga in Daily Life in Brisbane since I left the organization’s retreat in Dungog, NSW over five months ago. Something shook me on that retreat, something I can’t quite explain, but I wanted to explore more. I was gripping onto that something as my travels took me on [...]
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Love at Jai
Have I mentioned how much I love Port Douglas yet? Something about the tropical village just takes hold of you and causes you to act in ways you wouldn’t normally act. Love, or something like it, is an often occurrence and sporadic is a way of life. Everyday I woke up there I didn’t know [...]
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Adventure and Entertainment, Reviews
Daintree Discovery Tours full day tour review
With all the tours offered of the Daintree and Cape Tribulation, it’s surprisingly hard to find one that allows people enough time to actually be in the rainforest. A large area to cover, a lot of day trips to the area don’t give people enough personal time to actually get out of the car and [...]
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Features, Lifestyle, Photography
The scenic Port Douglas Markets
It’s not very often one can find a painting or photo at a market that is located actually on the real thing. By far one of the most scenic spots to set up sales stalls, Port Douglas Markets feature an array of arts, crafts, local produce, clothing and so much more every Sunday from 8 [...]
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Leaving Port Douglas
After three months, I’ve finally left Port Douglas. I’ve had to say goodbye to a lot of great people and places during my travels in Australia, but this was by far the hardest, because it wasn’t just a person or place. It was home. My time in the tropical village definitely had it’s ups and downs, but included [...]
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The cassowary complex
It started at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary near Brisbane about three months ago. I was just walking around the grounds, checking out the kangaroos with hopes of holding my first koala when I saw this strange bird I thought was a variation of an emu. My friend and I stared at it for quite a long time [...]
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People: they’re pretty great
There’s always going to be a shit situation. I’ve been very fortunate in my life. Everything always seems to go right. In fact, too right. Every time everything is going just too perfect I start to think that something must go wrong soon. It has to. There’s no way things can be this perfect. Usually the only thing that [...]
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Living where you work
It seems to good to be true. Work a few hours a week and earn free accommodation. The deal is great, but the workload and hours are tough. Most work for accommodation is for hostel cleaners. Imagine cleaning an 80-bed dorm of smelly, hungover backpackers. Plus there’s the kitchen the smells even worse, the bathrooms that [...]
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There’s an I in Bobbi
(Banner photo by Bobbi-Jo O’Gilvie) Some readers might have noticed I actually posted content on this website in the past week. I’m back. After two months (and still a bit more writing) of representing and writing on behalf of THE WORD Australia and its Best Backpacker Job, I’ve finally stopped touring and settled down in Port Douglas, QLD. To [...]
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Worth the work: Pittwater YHA
People that visit only Sydney, see just that, not Australia. The city is beautiful and full of history, but it doesn’t quite show off Australia’s landscape or wildlife, which is a big part of the country. Unfortunately, most people don’t have enough vacation time to see as much of the country as they need to really [...]
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- The cassowary complex
- Leaving Port Douglas
- Changing focus at Yoga in Daily Life, Brisbane
- Daintree Discovery Tours full day tour review
- The scenic Port Douglas Markets
- Searching for the right way to end this Brisbane tale
- People: they’re pretty great
- Love at Jai
- Rainforest fan palms lit by the sun
- Get a room
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