Destination: Australia

Get out of your Box!

Wed, 7 May 2014 | By carpediem | Views [170] | Scholarship Entry

I left my family back in India about a week ago. Taking off on my own true adventure. Not really knowing what would come. Many people told me about all the things that could go wrong while traveling by myself, unsure if they were really concerned or just ... Read more >

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Black Spot

Tue, 6 May 2014 | By biancaholmes | Views [173] | Scholarship Entry

We travelled to the river murray to go to a spot called Wongulla for the first time, as soon as we got there, we realized there was no reception! We later found small holes in the black spot in which we could get reception but if you sneezed, breathed ... Read more >

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Day 12 - 5th May 2014 Uluru climb

Tue, 6 May 2014 | By wendyandkevin | Views [381]

Day 12 – 5 th May 2014 Monday.  A quick load of washing before we start the day. Off to Uluru today to climb the rock. To enter Uluru – Kata Tjuta National Park you must pay $25 a head for a 3 day pass. When we arrived at Mala carpark ... Read more >

Day 11 - 4th May 2014 NT Border to Ayres Rock

Tue, 6 May 2014 | By wendyandkevin | Views [343]

Day 11 – 4 th May 2014 Left NT Border at 7.30 am and filled up with fuel at Erldunda at the Shell for 210.0. What a rip off.   Stopped for morning cuppa at Kernot Range Rest Area which was a nice shady area for a free camp. The next ... Read more >

A Story Far From Home

Tue, 6 May 2014 | By nammielovestotravelandthings | Views [140] | Scholarship Entry

I write this 17,000km from home in Sydney, Australia, in the midst of a solo round the world adventure. Suddenly catapulting myself out of nowhere, through Thailand, where I bathed with elephants; Malaysia, where I spent a whole afternoon stood 86 floors ... Read more >

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Whatever You Do Keep Moving Forward

Tue, 6 May 2014 | By consultingnomad | Views [230] | Scholarship Entry

How did I end up back here in Melbourne after all these years. Everything has truly come back full circle. Ten years ago if you had asked my nine year old self where she saw herself today she'd probably have told you that she had no idea. Either that ... Read more >

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In One Week's Time....

Tue, 6 May 2014 | By tottie | Views [375]

we should be enjoying Singapore.  We have had one drama in our planning.  Because (a) there is no Chinese Visa service in Adelaide,  and (b) I knew I could easily arrange for the Chinese Visa in Brisbane, I had my sister post her Passport ... Read more >

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Bound by Bandh

Mon, 5 May 2014 | By lustingforwander | Views [162] | Scholarship Entry

I'm sitting on a low balcony at one of my favourite cafes in Lakeside, Pokhara, Northwest of Nepal. I get a good view of the street here and I’m always greeted traditionally by the staff who know enough English to have a laugh with me.It’s quiet out as ... Read more >

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Round and Round

Mon, 5 May 2014 | By michaelapetrofes | Views [100] | Scholarship Entry

My dad is an engineer so for as long as I can remember I've been packing and unpacking myself into new homes, new cities, new neighborhoods and new countries. You could say my love for travel is solely because of my father, but it certainly did not start ... Read more >

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Photos: bellbunya

Mon, 5 May 2014 | By michidoesoz | Photo Gallery

Photos: Australia

Mon, 5 May 2014 | By africaisacountryblog | Photo Gallery

A hitchhikers guide to...actual hitchhiking!

Mon, 5 May 2014 | By africaisacountryblog | Views [242] | Scholarship Entry

There are many myths, both alluring and terrifying, of hitchhikerdom. I succumbed to my own personal pressures of these myths and decided in Australia (the third stop on a twenty-plus country, two-year adventure) that I would make hitchhiking my preferred ... Read more >

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Tie-Dyed in the Wool

Mon, 5 May 2014 | By sytadel | Views [150] | Scholarship Entry

The Walk For Solar is a 328km, one hundred strong hike to raise support for renewable energy in Port Augusta, a small coal town at the tip of the Spencer Gulf in South Australia. We are walking from Port Augusta to South Australia's capital, Adelaide, ... Read more >

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An Outback Escapade

Sun, 4 May 2014 | By joshlloyd | Views [130] | Scholarship Entry

The repetitive sound of my 05:00am alarm rang wild in my aching body. It was our last day of three months of zucchini picking on a farm in North Queensland, Australia. Moans of fellow work colleagues now considered family, crashed out of bed and welcomed ... Read more >

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Running with the boars

Sun, 4 May 2014 | By hilaryclaire | Views [204] | Scholarship Entry

Darwin quickly faded in the rear view mirror as we drove down the Stuart Highway toward Litchfield National Park. It was just two Canadian girls, our rented skeleton-decaled camper van, and the blistering heat of the Top End. After marvelling at giant ... Read more >

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