A Travel Blog by Katie Chavez
When I moved back to Sydney in 2014, I spent two months living in the Eastern Suburbs in Sydney during summer and it was a wonderful time of beach-hopping, snorkeling, discovering the different beach neighborhoods, and swimming in the numerous ocean pools. Here’s a rundown of the Eastern Suburbs beaches in Sydney and why you […] Read more…
Want to find out more about which Grampians walks you should do and what it is like to camp there? Then read on! 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 […] Read more…
Want to experience Sydney’s beautiful harbor on foot? Then hike the Manly to Spit walk – read on to find out everything you need to know about hiking this iconic trail… Sydney may not be mountainous but there are still some really great walking trails there, and the coastal trails in Sydney are the most […] 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…
Are you ready to read perhaps the most detailed 5 days in Sydney Itinerary? 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 of the […] 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 told me when I was 16, or even 24 that I would willingly choose to hike the Kepler Track, one of New Zealand’s Great Walks. I would say you were crazy. I may be an avid hiker now but this wasn’t always the case. I remember on school trips being forced to do […] Read more…
There are a lot more things to do in Alice Springs than you think, here’s what I got up to on my visit to Alice Springs in the Australian Outback… Well, what can I say – I didn’t hate Alice Springs. I went there fully expecting to. I had heard pretty much all bad things […] Read more…
I did a 3 day Uluru tour to Uluru, Kata Tjuta and Kings Canyon, and it was a great introduction to the Australian Outback. Here is what to expect on a 3 day Uluru camping tour… Uluru is a giant, red rock in the middle of a desolate desert. And I can’t say that the […] Read more…
Visiting New Zealand and want to do a multi-day hike? Then you should definitely consider hiking the Tongariro Northern Circuit over three or four days. Read on to find out why… The Great Walks are nine multi-day hikes (and one multi-day canoe trip) in New Zealand, with backcountry huts and camping grounds linking each day’s […] Read more…