A Travel Blog by Katie Chavez
This month is definitely the most boring of my past nine months of travel because, well, I haven’t really been travelling. I started month nine working for three weeks in Sydney covering Reception at a Media Company. I stayed between a couple of friend’s places who very kindly put me up as well as spending […] Read more…
So I missed writing about month seven of my trip as a lot of things were going on in my life. After almost nine years together, Trav and I broke up at the end of January. It has been a really hard time for both of us and I haven’t really felt like writing, or […] Read more…
Month Four saw me back on the road for the first two and a bit weeks before returning home to Sydney for the rest of the month. The first night of month four was my last night in Field. After spending the day cleaning and packing I was off on a night bus to Vancouver, […] 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…
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 snorkeling. Then there was the larger, mountainous Fitzroy Island with its rainforest walking trails […] Read more…
This may be my shortest blog post yet. I didn’t give Adelaide enough time to really form an opinion, with only one measly night there and a short couple of hours in the morning. Same with the Fleurieu Peninsula, where we basically just drove through to catch the ferry to Kangaroo Island, with a short […] Read more…
Is the Great Ocean Road, one of the most visited parts of Australia, overrated? I kinda thought so. Don’t get me wrong. The beaches are beautiful, the towns are cute and the coastal views from the road are great (well, on one stretch anyway) but despite all this, I felt it was lacking. Lacking in […] Read more…
I can’t believe 2014 is over already. I have been living in Sydney, Australia for nearly a year now and my, how time has flown by! It has been over a year since we finished our epic 13 month trip through the Americas although in some ways it feels like only yesterday that I arrived […] Read more…
Back in Easter this year we headed to the Grampians National Park for a hiking and camping getaway with friends from Melbourne. After a big night on the tiles in some of Melbourne’s trendy bars, we were feeling a tad (VERY) rough when we loaded up the car and set off on the 3 ½ […] Read more…
Since moving back to Sydney in January, I have been busy exploring the city and the surrounding area as much as possible. After barely leaving the city when I last lived in Sydney nearly 10 years ago, mainly due to laziness, I resolved to make more of an effort this time around. With my Dad […] Read more…