A Travel Blog by Katie Chavez
Are you ready to read perhaps the most detailed guide to 5 days in Sydney, Australia? If the answer is yes then read on! Beautiful Sydney, Australia. You could spend weeks in Sydney and not see everything worth seeing so 5 days in Sydney will never be enough time – although you can cover some […] Read more…
If you are wanting to visit Kangaroo Island but aren’t sure how to do it – you should definitely do a self-guided 2 day Kangaroo Island tour! We spent a weekend on Kangaroo Island and managed to see a lot of highlights – read on to check out our Kangaroo Island itinerary… Kangaroo Island is […] Read more…
Want to know where to find cheap eats in Auckland? It’s not as hard as you would think to find good quality cheap food in Auckland – read on to see my top picks… One of the main complaints I hear from travelers that make it to my beautiful home country of New Zealand is […] Read more…
If you are planning to go hiking on Kangaroo Island, then you should definitely do the Ravine des Casoars hike to a beautiful and secluded beach! Read on to find out more. I fully believe that the best way to experience the natural beauty of a place is to go hiking, there is simply no […] Read more…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Great Walks are eight multi-day hikes (and one multi day canoe trip) in New Zealand, with backcountry huts and camping grounds linking each day’s adventure. They are well-maintained and a fantastic way to experience New Zealand’s great outdoors. The fact that they are called Great Walks rather than Great Hikes represents quite well the […] Read more…