The World on my Necklace

Camping and Hiking in the Grampians: Victoria’s Rocky Mountains

I hadn’t heard of the Grampians before moving to Australia. Like most attractions in Victoria (apart from the Great Ocean Road, Melbourne and Phillip Island), this National Park is virtually unknown to people outside of its home state. When friends in Melbourne suggested we join them to go camping and hiking in the Grampians over […] Read more…

April 20, 2019 by theworldonmynecklace | 11 Comments

South Africa, World of Wandering

Tackling the Platteklip Gorge Hike to the Top of Table Mountain in Cape Town

Do you want to go to the top of Table Mountain in Cape Town and are a fan of hiking? Well you should do the Platteklip Gorge hike to the top! If you have heard of Cape Town you probably would have heard of its most famous tourist attraction, the imposing Table Mountain that looms […] Read more…

April 11, 2019 by theworldonmynecklace | 20 Comments

Australia

Celebrating Yulefest in the Blue Mountains of Australia

On a cold winter’s weekend last month, I headed to Yulefest in the Blue Mountains, mid-year Christmas celebrations that are held every year in the Blue Mountains town of Katoomba. I may be from the Southern Hemisphere, but after spending several years Christmassing in the colder climes of the Northern Hemisphere, having a BBQ and […] Read more…

April 5, 2019 by theworldonmynecklace | 2 Comments

South Africa

Falling for Charming Coastal Villages in Cape Town

My favourite cities are the ones that have nature at their door step and which are made up of a number of smaller communities, each encapsulating their own personality and style but also contributing to the city as a whole. A city of villages. Cape Town is definitely a city of villages, and the villages […] Read more…

March 28, 2019 by theworldonmynecklace | 10 Comments

Hawaii

How to go Swimming with Dolphins on the Big Island of Hawaii – FOR FREE!

Read on to find out how I went swimming with dolphins on the Big Island of Hawaii – and didn’t spend a dime! Everyone’s bucket list looks different but there are a few things that seem to pop up regularly, like swimming with dolphins. So maybe it is a cliche that swimming with wild dolphins […] Read more…

March 23, 2019 by theworldonmynecklace | 0 comments

New Zealand

Twenty Best Auckland Activities to Make You Love the City

Want to find out what the best Auckland activities are so you can make the most of your stay there? Then read on for the best days out in Auckland! Poor old Auckland gets a bad rap. Unfortunately this is mainly from New Zealanders who didn’t grow up here. Or from people that haven’t spent much […] Read more…

March 18, 2019 by theworldonmynecklace | 3 Comments

Hawaii, Monthly Round Ups

Digital Nomad Life: Month Forty Four

Month Forty Four was a nice balance of work, rest and play – in Hawaii! We spent the whole month at our Help Exchange in South Kona, the first couple of weeks in our little studio, then when one of the other couples moved on, we moved into their room in the big house – […] Read more…

March 15, 2019 by theworldonmynecklace | 0 comments

Colorado

How to Spend the Perfect 3 Days in Denver

How would you like to spend 3 days in Denver? If it is a destination you haven’t previously considered, let me change your mind. Denver. The Mile High City. The gateway to the majestic Rocky Mountains and a city with more sunshine days per year than Florida (and zero humidity – thank the Lord). Denver […] Read more…

March 11, 2019 by theworldonmynecklace | 0 comments

New Zealand

The Ultimate Northland Road Trip to the Top of New Zealand

Every time I go home these days, I try to add on a trip to a destination that I haven’t been to before. This time around it was Cape Reinga, north of Auckland at the northernmost tip of New Zealand, that was calling my name. It was time to do a Northland Road Trip! Despite […] Read more…

February 25, 2019 by theworldonmynecklace | 12 Comments

Australia

How to Spend the Perfect 24 hours in Melbourne

Like increasingly more things in my life, our day out in Melbourne was driven by my desire to see kitties. I haven’t been able to have one myself as I have been either living abroad or travelling over the last 11 years, which I think has made me a tad obsessive over every cute kitty […] Read more…

February 18, 2019 by theworldonmynecklace | 11 Comments

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