Fearing I wouldn’t actually make it to Canberra in the worst turbulence, I clutched on with dear life to an extended friendly hand, peering out of the window at rolling hills and a rather odd shaped looking dam. Though I didn’t know it yet the dam would be close to my new home and even […]
They say when it rains it pours and for me when the winds of change blow they certainly blow a gale! As I finish my job today at Victoria’s Department of Justice, exactly one year to the day since I left the UK, I’m gearing up to move on to (literally) pastures new to become […]
Winter. Even in Australia its pretty grim and I was starting to think the Melbourne chill would never leave my bones. That coupled with working none stop since the end of April could only signal one thing – it was time for a holiday. Thinking of where to go and who to spend it with […]
Everyone told me Australia was expensive. But holy mother of god did I not realise how much until I got here. Relaxing back in to my student days at Back of Chapel Hostel in Melbourne’s trendy south, I didn’t think I was spending all that much. Sleeping in my day didn’t get going until noon […]
I have a new found respect for city tourists. You know the ones, stopping dead in front of you to stare at Big Ben causing a face plant situation before you’ve even had your morning coffee. I’m not afraid to admit that I hated these street flounders back in London. Always getting in your way […]
“Smell this” “Oh yeah, mmmmm. You know what that smells like?” “What man?” “It smells like love. Love is the only power you need” “Yeah man. Totally” Welcome to Rishikesh. Home of new age, bongos, yoga and more dreadlocks than you can shake a stick at. I arrived in an early morning haze having not […]
Girl Gone East 