Any blogger will tell you that keeping your site updated and overflowing with interesting content for your readers is a LOT of hard work. To then find time to tweak the colours, add a new feature or give your site a complete facelift is for the most people a pipe dream. Unless of course you can a) afford it or b) actually learn how to do the work yourself. I […]
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Youth Mobility Visa Ultimate Guide
Over 3 years ago I posted about how to apply for a Tier 5 UK Youth Mobility Visa (previously called the working holiday visa) as an Australian. I’d struggled with finding the correct information so thought to share my experience with the world in the hopes it would help somebody else. The response to my posts has been nothing short of amazing since then so to all of you who’ve […]
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Moving To London
Moving to London was more daunting than any other move I’d ever undertaking in my life. Before I’d move to study or relocate to the city because it’s just what you do. But moving 2 hours drive from home or even another state in Australia is nothing compared to moving to London, one the biggest international cities around on the other side of the world. In the interest of helping […]
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Career Advice from Travelling
Career advice from travelling? I know what your thinking but go with me on this for a minute there’s a message in here. Some people look at travel and the people who do it and think WOW aren’t they lucky. Their off seing the Eiffel Tower in Paris, floating around in the Dead Sea or just enjoying a beer somewhere famous and you can’t help but be jealous of them. It’s […]
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Anzac Day at Gallipoli, Turkey
Anzac Day… one of the most solemn days for any Australian or New Zealander as we stop to remember our fallen soldiers at Gallipoli in Turkey during the First World War. The battle at Gallipoli lasted some 8 months between the Anzacs (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) and the Turkish Ottoman’s who were allied with Germany at the time. On just the Australian side over 8000 lives were lost […]
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Bank Accounts and National Insurance Numbers
Before I planned my big moving to London adventure I was concerned about all the paperwork I’d have to fill out just to work here. Bank Accounts I understood, but the National Insurance Number seemed completely foreign to me. The National Insurance Number (think Tax File Number Australians) is required by your employer and while used for tax purposes it also gets you access to free health services should you […]
Read More...Leuven Town Hall
Leuven Town Hall shoots up from the ground to stand tall and proud as a landmark to the city. Towering high above the market square its 15th century brabant gothic looks are a sight to see, especially if you can visit on a day where the sky is as blue as the ocean. I had hoped for a little snow to make the picture perfect but alas luck wasn’t with […]
Do You Collect Travel Souvenirs?
Collecting Travel Souvenirs has been a bit of a love hate relationship for me, what with having to wade through the crowds of people just to spend a fortune on a little something to remember the place by. Before I set off for Europe and to travel I was determined to only buy something small, a memento of each city/country I’d stopped in. I was travelling with my backpack after […]
Iconically Amsterdam
There’s isn’t much that’s more iconically Amsterdam than bikes and canals in my mind. Wherever you look it’s always bikes and canals for as far as the eye can see. I snapped the above just up the road a little from the Anne Frank House on my first ever visit to the city way back in May 2010. I have returned since then, and while I was still getting bells […]
My First Visit To America – Space Coast
My visit to America so far has seen me sample the high life in Miami, air boat my way around the Everglades, soak up the sun in some very Beachy destinations and now it was going to Space. America is well-known for many things but NASA and the Kennedy Space Center has to be one every tourist knows about. Located on the aptly named Space Coast, who’s very name suggests […]
Augustiner Brewery
At Augustiner Brewery you can still get yourself a good brew in a solid stone beer mug direct from the barrel. Why is it we don’t serve beer like this all over the place still? Sitting down with good mates with a plate of meat and a beer like this by your side, it makes perfect sense to me. Augustiner Brewery in Salzburg is keeping the tradition going with their […]