About 10 years ago, I put all my life into a storage unit and moved to Australia. It was a tumultuous time filled with anticipation of what lay ahead – half a world away. With… Read more

I’ve received a lot of questions on where I was living in Sydney during my stay. I didn’t stay in a hotel as that would have been prohibitively expensive for a three month stay in… Read more

I loved the BridgeClimb but was bummed out that I couldn’t bring a campera up to the top.  I decided to climb up the Sydney Harbour Bridge Pylon Lookout as you could bring your camera. I… Read more

They (being folklore in the States) say everything in Australia tries to kill you. I’m not sure that’s fully true, but I will say there were some things that spooked me in this post. Warning:… Read more

Butterflies I had about four hours to spend up in Kuranda. It instantly became clear to me why Kuranda was such a popular destination for hotel guests. It was very much geared for families with… Read more

Saturday was a total wash for me. I felt sick all day. Usually I’m pretty resilient to seasickness, but I think the duration and intensity finally got to me. The bus was flying around corners… Read more

The next three hours were truly divine once I arrived to the reef (part 1). Here I was 90 minutes out to sea and ready to jump into the abyss below. I had no idea… Read more

The Great Barrier Reef is one of “the things” to do here in Australia. Spanning over 2,300 kilometers (1,400 miles) there are a myriad of options to choose from. I choose Cairns as it was… Read more

The motorcycle trip across southeastern Australia was truly awesome. My time is winding down here, so it’s important to get off my tail and go see the things I wanted to do in my spare… Read more

When asking around at work what are the interesting things to do, the bridge climb came up a number of times. Having walked across the Golden Gate Bridge, I’ve often wondered what it would be… Read more

I know I ramble on about the Sydney Opera House, but it really is the pinnacle thing for me that signifies all things Australia. I’ve read so much about it year after year in school… Read more

I remember a meetup about a month ago where the focus was to take photos of the Opera House with the moon coming over the horizon.  That meetup got rained out. I checked to see… Read more

Whenever I travel, I love to experience weather.   California has no weather.  After the latest “cold snap” (below room temperature for the rest of the world (60F)) in California, Jimmy Kimmel aggregated the local weather… Read more

I had a decision to make. I’d rented the bike for 4 days but had the option to spend an extra day on the motorcycle. I was planning to take a few days up in… Read more

I slept hard last night. I think I crashed at about 8:30 pm and woke up a little after 8 am. I’ll admit, yesterday afternoon was not fun at all. I was overtired and needed… Read more

Usually day two is the hardest for me on motorcycle trips. The first day is powered by adrenaline and the second day my body is being beaten into submission on the bike. Since my first… Read more

I slept in. It was great. The bed of the hotel was super comfortable and I was out like a light. Today was actually going to be fairly short ride to get used to traveling… Read more

For me, I get to know an area by motorcycling. There’s something about traveling over land in seeing all of the parts of the environment up close that help me come to know a particular… Read more

I’d been hearing a lot about Watsons Bay as one of the pretty spots in Sydney.  The problem was though it was a fair hike from my place to get there.   I was stoked to… Read more

I met Mark the first time I was here in Australia. I was super grateful for his expertise as it made this traveler’s journey much easier being fresh from the states. Now coming back to… Read more

Fair Day was the kickoff of all things Mardi Gras. I stumbled across the Southern Cross Outdoors Group in the area that had all of the community organizations. The name at least sounded interesting so… Read more

No Australian experience can be complete without a day of surfing. As the resident Californian of the group, a few were surprised that I had never been surfing. After an explanation that summer was cold,… Read more

Fair Day had a number of religious organizations in the community section. I was curious to see what church was like here in Australia and how it may be similar or different to the experience… Read more

The stars aligned and my roommate needed to go to the grocery store at the same time that I did. A seemingly small detail to most, but it was huge for me. That meant we… Read more