The name of the next station on my Tasmanian tour was “Lower Landing”, I didn’t really like that name actually. It’s a bit false. And the name was totally false. It’s a custom built station for the sake of the Western Wilderness Railway. That took the shine off the stop there, but didn’t take the…
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“Sing a sad song in a lonely place, and try to put a word in for me” – Noel Gallagher. Back in 2010, I spent just short of 6 months living and working in Tasmania. It was a totally magical time of my life! In that time, I worked with a Devonport based agricultural company…
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“We may never meet again so shed your skin and let’s get started” – Hunters And Collectors. Firstly, this article has taken a fair bit of work over the years and I’m finally getting it published over 4 years since I left Australia behind! Secondly of course I’m probably wrong and you might have heard…
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My Tasmanian Adventures have been documented on here enough times, but I never quite gave an overview of the historic capital, Hobart, despite passing through its waters 5 times and spending at least a week there back in 2010. Having been founded way back in 1804, Hobart is the second oldest city in Australia. Also…
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As I celebrate the 10 year mark of being away from Northern Ireland by camping out in the desert at Wadi Rum with Rum Stars (AMAZING!), I thought it was a good time to share my top 5 camping moments from my travels…including my latest spot of desert camping, these moments were inspiring… 1. Camping…
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I use the Lonely Planet Guide Booksquite a lot when I travel and I like them. Usually they are correct, mostly they are useful but sometimes they are horrendously wrong and ill-informed. As soon as they go to press they are out of date, as prices go up, bus timetables change, visa regulations change etc.…
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I spent a lot of 2010 travelling alone. I was working hard, saving, backpacking and still did a load of sightseeing on my days off. I had my own car. Life took me to a tiny island on the south east of Australia, off the coast of Tasmania. I got a boat from Kettering in…
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Being a global nomad and not having a home means you’re constantly changing your style of accommodation. You’re also willing to take whatever accommodation comes about. How about a free night sleeping in a farmer’s barn in Tasmania then? Yes please, I’ll take it! We’re going back to April 2010 for this story…the night I…
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Weeding. Got to love it. I’m not even being sarcastic here. I can’t remember the total number of days I spent weeding when I lived in Tasmania but it was somewhere between 10 and 20. Long days of just filling white sacks with weeds. I’ve written a bit about them before, but not much on…
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You have to love Australia. It’s hard not to…and you might have already gone there on a working holiday visa but that year went so fast (or is going so fast) that you need and want another year. You’ve come to the right page. Here’s a full guide on how to get a second Australian…
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