Category: Australia

We spotted a bunch of wallabies having dinner

These guys were hanging out in our backyard at Grampians National Park. You could see some of the moms having their babies in their pouches. Pretty cool 🙂 Posted via email from Sebastien Page on Posterous

The 12 Apostles On The Great Ocean Road

Today we departed from Melbourne and drove along the Great Ocean Road. I’m sure Tina will blog about it soon but I just wanted to write a quick post from my iPhone to try the new WordPress app…. Read More

4 Days in Sydney

We spent 4 days in Sydney. We stayed in Potts Point which was within walking distance (approximately 3.5 kilometers) to the downtown Sydney harbor. It appeared to be filled with different backpacker accommodations. It also had a McDonald’s… Read More

Hervey Bay and Fraser Island

Sebastien and I finally did a touristy thing and took a day tour to Fraser Island.  After Byron Bay we took an 11 hour bus trip up to Hervey Bay.  We stayed with a wonderful and loving family… Read More

Spiders and Spirituality

On November 17th, we traveled by bus to the town of Mullumbumby. We were going to stay with Claudia and Raman who we connected with through helpx.  Their house was up in the mountains about 15 minutes from… Read More

The Best Place to Stay in Byron Bay

In her last blog post, Tina briefly mentioned that we stayed at First Sun in Byron Bay. I thought this place needed to be highlighted because it is truly a nice and inexpensive place. Before finding out about… Read More

Byron Bay and Beyond

After Clare’s house we were dropped off at First Sun which is a camp/cabin/lodge area right on the beach in Byron Bay. We had booked 4 nights and were hoping for beautiful weather and surf. Unfortunately, none of… Read More

Our First WWOOFING Experience

On November 8th, Sebastien and I took a bus, County Link, from Burleigh Heads to Byron Bay.  Once we arrived in Byron Bay we were picked up by the lovely Clare Hopkins and she took us to her… Read More

From Arizona to Australia: The Beginning of Our Trip

On November 1st, we arrived at my mom’s friend Jan’s house.  That evening we went out to dinner in Gilbert and enjoyed some creme brulee.  Ummm.  The next day, Sebastien did some work and I ran errands.  Mitch… Read More

Australia, Here We Come… November 3rd

We finally scheduled our departure for the first leg of our year-long trip and we’ll be leaving from Los Angeles to Brisbane, Australia on November 3rd. We found some pretty inexpensive flights on Qantas for about $1,200 for… Read More