Sydney travel & expat blog: irreverent musings of a life down under and a one-stop-shop for expats and adventurers to Australia & Oceania
By the time you read this, you’ll probably be snared on a drum line, waiting to die a slow and painful death; punishment for your heinous crime of existing in your own ocean. If I may be honest, we don’t like you. In fact, your mere presence in the great blue abyss of our beloved … Read more
It’s become the stuff of backpacker legend. Greasy, messy, and said to be delicious- no trip to Queenstown would be complete without one. I am talking, of course, about Fergburger, a hamburger joint of Queenstown fame. Mention to anyone, anywhere in the world, that you are planning a trip to Queenstown, New Zealand, and I … Read more
I’m not normally one to write reviews, but the one thing everyone who visits Australia does is visit the Great Barrier Reef- as I spent (literally) hours/days researching where to go and what tour operator to go out on the reef with, growing slightly obsessed with getting it right, I thought the least I could … Read more
As any self-respecting blogger would know, one of the more fun bits of having a blog is (obsessively) checking your stats after you’ve published a new piece to see how many people have viewed your blog, what country they’re from, and their search engine terms- i.e. what people typed into Google that led them to … Read more
Uluru- Kata Tjuta National Park: Uluru, a place of sacred importance to the Anangu (the traditional land owners of this area). Kata-Tjuta (translates to “many heads”), also known as the Olgas. The beauty, awe, and spirituality of this place can be done no justice with words or images, at least not by me, so I’ll … Read more
Waking up bright and early, mostly due not to a good night’s sleep but to extreme heat and sunshine streaming into my campervan, I happily set off from Woomera to my next port of call, the town of Coober Pedy. Coober Pedy caught my attention ages ago, when I mentioned to a travel agent I … Read more
I am very excited to present to you my first ever guest blog here at the Accidental Australian. It’s on a topic I haven’t yet touched on- money. Australian banknotes are in a league of its own, literally- bright colors, partially see through, indestructible, and near impossible to counterfeit. So, thanks to Peter Lavelle for … Read more
South Australia has several great things in abundance: wine and sunshine. This alone makes for a very good reason to visit. I recently had the pleasure to spend a long weekend in Adelaide and the McLaren Vale wine region visiting a friend, and was blown away by how awesome it was- constant sunshine, rolling hills of … Read more