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Experiencing the Whitsunday Islands from the Air

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Experience the Whitsunday Islands, Queensland, Australia

Before I visited the Whitsunday Islands the images that came to my mind were those of sailing from island to island (74 in total) whilst sipping on cold beers and eating the freshest seafood imaginable. I envisioned dropping anchor in picturesque bays, diving over board to swim in the warm tranquil waters and digging my [...]

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Learning to Scuba Dive in Sydney – WIN my Experience worth $1,598

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Learn to Scuba Dive in Sydney - WIN a 2 day course worth $1,598

This post is brought to you by MasterCard I’m happy to say that I’ve finally had my first scuba diving experience. After all the trips we’ve done to popular dive destinations like South East Asia, the Pacific Islands and Hawaii, I learned to scuba dive in Sydney. Crazy I know. Over the years when I’ve [...]

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BIG Announcement – Our 1 Year Road Trip Around Australia

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Wineglass Bay, Tasmania - Places to see in Australia

Yesterday Caz wrote about her travel fears and why we have delayed following our travel dream for too long. Six weeks ago I wrote about the secret to our success and how it has taken us five years of tears, hard work and persistence to get to this point. But today is all about JOY. We’ve [...]

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Travel Pinspiration – Things to See in Paris, France

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Montmartre - Things to see in Paris, France

This weeks Travel Pinspiration is 9 photos of things to see in Paris. Travel Pinspiration is when we share amazing photos via our Pinterest boards to give you inspiration to go travel. Our motto is “Travel more. Create better memories” and one of the best ways to inspire more travel is through photographs. It happens [...]

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Travel Pinspiration – Places to See in Italy

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Venice - Places to see in Italy

This weeks segment of Travel Pinspiration follows the theme of “Places to see in Italy”. Travel Pinspiration is when we share amazing photos via our Pinterest boards to give you inspiration to go travel. Our motto is “Travel more. Create better memories” and one of the best ways to inspire more travel is through photographs. [...]

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Atherton Tablelands Mountain Bike Tragedy – WHY You Should Still Do It

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Mountain Biking in Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia

It might seem strange that I recommend you go mountain bike riding in the Atherton Tablelands when one of our party ended up with a spiral fracture of their tibia and fibula. When you see your friend’s foot flopping off the end of her leg, you can’t envision yourself ever getting back on a bike [...]

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Hobart, Tasmania in Photos – a beautiful, walkable city in Australia

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Hobart, Tasmania in Photos - a beautiful city in Australia

My visit to Hobart was very brief – a day and an evening. During that time I raced around Port Arthur, experienced a cool boat trip under the towering cliffs of the Tasmanian coastline with seals and penguins, and took a scenic sea plane flight to Wineglass Bay. Just quietly Hobart rocks. I really didn’t [...]

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Sunday Spotlight – Things to Do in Rome

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Things to Do in Rome, Italy

credit: FindingTheUniverse Welcome to this weeks edition of the Sunday Spotlight – Things to Do in Rome. The Sunday Spotlight series is a collaboration of travel tips and stories shared by other traveler’s and bloggers around the web – this week is ROME! We hope these tips and stories will inform and inspire you to [...]

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Travel Pinspiration – Thai Food Dishes

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Thai Fish Cakes -This weeks Travel Pinspiration on the blog (Thai Food Dishes)

This weeks segment of Travel Pinspiration follows the theme of “Thai Food Dishes”. Travel Pinspiration is when we share amazing photos via our Pinterest boards to give you inspiration to go travel. Our motto is “Travel more. Create better memories” and one of the best ways to inspire more travel (and this week to make [...]

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Brickendon Estate Tasmania: A convict World Heritage Site in Australia

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Brickendon estate Longford Tasmania

Louise Archer greeted us with energy to match the sun casting a warm glow over the farm. We were lucky to catch her, it was Monday and the World Heritage Listed Brickendon Farm was closed to the public. Monday is ‘tending to the estate day’ and Louise, hard at work, wandered past the old barnyards [...]

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