Quick and easy tips for road trips in Australia to help you to be prepared for the unique conditions you’ll encounter while driving Down Under. Many travelers say road trips in Australia can turn out to be the sort of experiences a bucket list was meant to have. It’s true, also, that travel around Australia …
Consult our short list of where else to visit in New South Wales besides Sydney for a quick look at what this part of Australia has to offer. There’s no disagreeing that there are plenty of things to see and do in Sydney. The city is absolutely gorgeous! But if you’re like us, you’re probably …
From an American expat who makes her home Down Under, our list of the 10 best places to visit in Australia includes scenic attractions and natural beauty. Australia is a country jam-packed with natural attractions, amazing wildlife and one-of-a-kind-experiences. The country is large and sparsely populated, with many different kinds of terrain to explore and …
Brisbane West End is an inner ring suburb with a quick commute to the city proper or the slick South Bank, with a bohemian lifestyle vibe all its own. Brisbane is first and foremost a river town. The Brisbane River cuts through southeast Queensland for a couple hundred miles before emptying into Moreton Bay, its …
We’re in Darwin at the height of the rainy season. The heat and humidity is staggering, and even on a sunny day you can hear the sound of distant thunder. Eventually our discomfort is relieved with a cloudburst. The intensity of tropical storms in Darwin has been spectacular. Loud claps and booms rattle doors and windows. …
Everyone laughed when we told them we were going to Toowoomba. They told us to expect a haplessly humdrum, far from hip town. Fortunately, they were wrong. Toowoomba? Where the heck is that? Toowoomba is situated on a top edge of Australia’s Great Dividing Range – a complex of plateaus, uplands, and escarpments – which is the third longest dividing mountain range …