I'm very lucky to live near Rottnest Island - just a short ferry ride away from my hometown of Perth. I'm sure I'm lucky, because when my German husband first moved here he couldn't believe we had this amazing place just off the coast. Of course Germans are usually busy flying somewhere to be able …
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Reverse culture shock after study abroad: Jessie on returning from Australia
Impact-Site-Verification: 4ef35935-9970-4015-a6b1-8327c50d7d73 The next post in my occasional interview series with fellow travellers who've experienced reverse culture shock features a blogger I've known online for a few years now, and the thing that really interested me in Jessie's story is that …
Gold Coast accommodation, whale watching, that long beach and more: I’ve changed my tune!
On my last trip to Queensland a year ago (my first as an adult), I wrote about how it the Gold Coast wasn't really my favourite place. The Problogger conference took me back to the Gold Coast recently and I was determined to have an open mind about it - I figured fate was sending me back there for a …