Goodbye Melbourne. Or Should I Say See You Later …

I woke up at 9am, and realized that I slept for 11 hours. I can’t even remember the last time I slept for that long! I felt perky and fresh as a daisy. My flight to Auckland wasn’t until 6:50pm, so that gave me the whole day to still enjoy Melbourne. When I asked JR...

Happy Australia Day! (I Ate Vegemite)

I find it quite appropriate that my last full day in Australia is Australia Day. I don’t think you understand – if I wasn’t American, I’d want to be Australian. Hands down, no contest. I’ve fallen in love with the beaches, the water, the sun, the slang, the...

A Day of Oscar Nominated Movies

The secret about long-term travel that bloggers don’t tell you: there’s a lot of down time. I mean, don’t get me wrong – it’s super easy to fill up each and every day with something insanely cool and exciting. But the truth is, most of us don’t have the budget...

We Were Stranded on the Great Ocean Road

One thing I continuously heard that I had to do while in Melbourne was take a drive down the Great Ocean Road. Lucky for me, Jo had a car and a plan. Side note: it’s really nice when you have local friends that have a car and a plan. It means that I get to sit...

A Day in Downtown Melbourne

Because I’m staying with Jo in Geelong, it means that I’m an hour outside of Melbourne. So today our plan was to trek up to Melbourne’s city center and explore downtown. In case you aren’t aware, there’s a huge rivalry between Sydney and...