Journey to the Center of the Oz Part 2: Don’t Climb Every Mountain

On day two we entered Uluru/Kata Tjuta National Park and saw the rocks for the first time! As we drove our tour guide Darren told us a bit about the history of the area. I didn't know any of this going in, and I'm guessing a fair few of you don't know either, so I …

Journey to the Center of the Oz Part 1: The Once and Future King’s Canyon

Wow. I don't even know where to begin to talk about these three days. Uluru was one of the top things I wanted to see coming to Australia, but it really is out in the middle of nowhere so it's not easy to get to. Alex and I tried to look at every option on …

Adventures in Tasmania Part 6: You’ve Gotta Be Echidna Me!

Tasmania holds a lot of wildlife, wild and other. While driving at night we saw dozens of wallabies and possums, and driving during the day we saw countless roadkill. Not only that though, in a free exhibit in a public park in Launceston, we saw a whole troop of Japanese Macaques! It's apparently been a …

Adventures in Tasmania Part 5: Harry Potter and the Little Swiss Village

Ok, I admit, I really only wanted to go see Grindelwald because I just finished re-reading Harry Potter and visiting a town named after the defeated dark lord tickled me. In reality though, Gindelwald is a town founded by Dutch immigrant Roelf Vos and decorated like a little Swiss village. It's really more of a …

Adventures in Tasmania Part 4: Hauy-ke Me Up When We Get There

Tasmania is, I think, one of the most aesthetically beautiful places in Australia, if not the world. We only got to do a handful of hikes while we were there, and didn't even see any of the famous Tasmanian waterfalls, but what we did see was incredible. Hiking is one of my favorite things to …

Adventures in Tasmania Part 3: Doo You Believe It?!

Driving along Tasmania's east coast, we saw a number of really cool natural attractions and great views. Part of our journey involved crossing Mt. Elephant by way of Elephant Pass. The pass is a delightfully twisty road that zigzags over the mountain, and felt fairly treacherous at times! I think we were going well below …

Adventures in Tasmania Part 2: Glow Big or Glow Home

Before going to Tasmania, I had never been in a cave, and I had never seen a glow worm. When I learned I could kill two birds with one stone by going to Mole Creek, I knew we had to go.   There are two caves that you can go into in Mole Creek, the …

Adventures in Tasmania Part 1: HelpX, they need somebody!

We recently got back from a little over two weeks in Tasmania! We wanted give Tasmania its fair due and see a lot of it, but we tried to do it on as strict a budget as possible. We didn't really have a plan for what we were going to do for our time in …

Much Ado About Everything!

Where do I start?! It's been a long time! For the last few months I barely felt like I had time to write or do much else because I was working so much. I still found time to go on occasional cool mini-adventures (which I'll catch you up on later) but I was spending an …

Setting the Mentone

We've been staying in Mentone for a good while now, but I've never shown you around have I? It's a cute little town, so I made you all a little video to show you a few of my favorite parts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVOqRD3QFZ0 We've had a lot of fun speculating about what a fire banana massage is. …