A Travel Blog by Katie Chavez
I spent a month in total in New England during fall over a couple of different visits, visiting six states and driving over 1500 miles. It was incredible. I had been looking forward to visiting New England to experience the fall foliage for so long, and it the road trips I have taken through the […] Read more…
As well as being a color and a fruit, Orange NSW is also a small country town located in the central tablelands region, a couple hours drive from Sydney, Australia. Known for its fantastic local food scene and autumn colors, Orange NSW was the perfect choice of location for a weekend away from Sydney in […] Read more…
After eleven years of travelling and living overseas, I am edging ever closer to moving back home to New Zealand. It has been coming for a while. I thought that living in Sydney, which is only three hours from New Zealand and therefore a quick and easy trip away, would be enough, but the truth […] Read more…
During our weekend back in the Blue Mountains a few weekends ago to enjoy the autumn colours, hiking (as always) was on the agenda. We have hiked numerous trails around Katoomba, Leura and Wentworth Falls including two of the biggies in the area– Wentworth Pass and Federal Pass – during previous visits. This time around […] Read more…
The first thing that most people said to me when I mentioned that we would be basing ourselves in Cairns when visiting tropical North Queensland for the first time was: don’t. Everyone said to go to Port Douglas instead. Port Douglas does sounds beautiful but as one of main reasons we wanted to visit northern […] Read more…