Sometimes it’s worth doing the 20 km detour down the wrong dirt road full of overflowing sewerage pipes and angry police officers… sometimes it’s those wrong turns that lead you to those exact people that Read more…
By the 7th hour of my three-hour bus ride to Saigon, Vietnam – covered in the drool of my fellow passengers who mistook my shoulders for pillows – I swore I’d never take the Read more…
I left South Africa with only one plan – to head towards Spain… But as 2010 passed away, 2011 brought with it more epicness than I could possibly imagine… The year Began in Perth with Read more…
It may be unfair to judge a city purely by its toilets – but for some – with all the crap they have going on in them – the toilets really are just about the Read more…
This morning I woke up in a weed plantation. Life’s been a biiiiiit of blur the last few weeks… one day I was a school nurse in Melbourne (I administered 4 bandaids, one ice-pack and Read more…
Americans. They scare me a little. But that’s normal… right?? So, when my phone rang and the elderly American couple asked: “Are you still looking for a ride to Melbourne then?” I was pretty unprepared. Read more…
196,503 trees… 9869 toilets… 8765 roadkills…. 5060 km… 174 kangaroos… 118 beautiful beaches… 47 jogs… 36 cycles… and finally day the 100th arrived (Friday, 11 March)! That’s 100 days of pure overwhelmingnessness and at least Read more…
I recently survived two weeks in Adelaide. This is utterly remarkable, don’t you think?! [R]adelaide has more serial killers per capita than any other city in the world (strange I know) and more violent biker Read more…
Ever wonder how to possibly survive six weeks in the middle of nowhere?? *Nowhere* being 58km from the nearest shop and a little over 15km from the nearest pub… a town with a population of Read more…
The “Before I Happen to Die” List (The January 2011 version) 1) Overcome my fear of tomatoes 2) Start an empire (Lookout Mr Branson!) 3) Lick a kangaroo 4) Get a criminal record for something Read more…