A Travel Blog by Katie Chavez
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…
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 highlights if that is all you have to work with. With it’s iconic opera house, world-class dining, stunning city beaches, and pockets […] 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…
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…
The Blue Mountains is one of those places that I keep returning to again and again. I just love it up there. It can easily be visited on a day trip, but I love staying overnight for at least one night. Our weekend there in the middle of April was my fourth time visiting in […] Read more…
It was hard choosing an island to visit during our short four day stay in tropical North Queensland. Really hard. First World problems, I know. On one hand there was Green Island, a sand island with white sand beaches and offshore snorkelling. Then there was the larger, mountainous Fitzroy Island with its rainforest walking trails and […] Read more…
I have wanted to get down to Jervis Bay on the South Coast of New South Wales since I first heard that Hyams Beach has the whitest sand in the world (seriously, it was in the Guinness Book of Records), then subsequently seeing a picture of the beach. There was no going back from there. […] Read more…
I fully believe that the best way to experience the natural beauty of a place is to go hiking, there is simply no better way to immerse yourself in nature and to wholly appreciate your surroundings. So that is exactly what we did during our visit to the astoundingly beautiful Kangaroo Island. There are a […] Read more…