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The North Island!
On 15th June 2017 by HelenWe departed Auckland at 8:35am on Friday morning and made our way out of town to Hot Water Beach. Our new driver is (another) Jared, once again a cool guy full of banter. The drive was a pretty short and snappy 3 hours. We arrived early afternoon in time for low tide and headed straight Read More
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The North of The North
On 8th June 2017 by HelenI’m here in New Zealand and I have to say this country is pretty impressive. I started my trip in Auckland which seems a beautiful city though I only spent a few hours there before crashing out in my hostel room due to my 6 hour flight landing at 6:30am and not being able to Read More
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Three Weeks in Perth
On 1st June 2017 by HelenPerth is such a beautiful place, I’ve had the best time here and I’ve seen so much and met some amazing people! Because I’ve done/seen so much I’m just going to do more of a photo diary of the past three weeks otherwise this will be a massive post and pictures are quicker to look Read More
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Swan Valley
On 27th May 2017 by HelenI felt this place really deserved its own blog post separate to my Perth post which will be up soon. Swan Valley is absolutely beautiful. It’s like Australia, France and Italy collided and have made the most picturesque area full of vineyards and good food. We honestly had the most jam packed day ever and Read More
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Melbourne
On 15th May 2017 by HelenThey say you’re a ‘Sydney Sider’ or a ‘Melbourner’ and it’s safe to say that’s true. I left Sydney earlier last week to continue my travels around Australia. I felt the time had come to leave as I was running out of things to do there and I felt it was all getting a bit Read More
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Is Travelling Easy??
On 22nd April 2017 by HelenThis is a post I’ve been thinking about writing for ages and after talking to many different people I’ve decided to write it. We all come travelling for different reasons…to see the world, to gain confidence, to ‘find ourselves’. I think it’s very easy to leave you’re home and think you’re about to have an Read More
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Easter Sunday Walk
On 16th April 2017 by HelenToday I went with Lucy on the Spit to Manly walk. The weather was perfect for a good 10k hike. We got the bus to Spit and then followed the path which is well sign posted to Manly. I had absolutely no expectations of this walk, I didn’t know what to expect and I was Read More
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Bill’s for Breakfast
On 7th April 2017 by HelenOn Thursday I went for breakfast at one of my favourite places, Bills. Back in the UK Bills is a chain of restaurants but over in Australia Bills is owned by Bill Grainger – celebrity chef (in London his restaurant is Grainger & Co, which is also amazing). He has a few restaurants in the Read More
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The Grounds of Alexandria
On 17th March 2017 by HelenToday I went to The Grounds Of Alexandria with my friend Jo. We decided as we both had the day off to go for brunch and have a good catch up and chat. After an interesting bus journey which consisted of the bus driver not really knowing where he was going we managed to find Read More
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Palm Beach Trip
On 5th March 2017 by Helen‘You know we belong together…’ Have I planted the tune in your head?! Today I went to Palm Beach, a stunning place and the location of the Aussie soap Home and Away. Clearly I am destined to have mainly grey skyed pictures on my blog for day trips (refer to National Park post) although today Read More