Category: advice
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Let’s talk moving to Australia
So I’m coming up to 6 months since moving to Australia and it’s been a rollercoaster. Very different to my first working holiday back in 2022, both personally and also the amount of people here. When I first came, I was one of a small pool of backpackers after the pandemic, which definitely isn’t the…
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So, what’s next?
Plan A Settle into Gold Coast life. Work my little bum off. Save up all the big bucks. Retain mental sanity. Buy a van. Convert said van into my mini home. Complete lap of Australia. Become a skilled surfer. Accept myself as at one with sand. Have new neighbours everyday. Be certified (or uncertified) yogi.…
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Emetophobe goes global
TW: mention of sick I don’t know about you, but when I hear about backpackers’ travel truths, their stories are often plagued with images of food poisoning, travel sickness, hangovers and sea sickness, which for me, starts the alarm bells ringing. Travel has the potential to put you into a load of situations where anxiety…
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Feel the fear and do it anyway
Travelling with anxiety This is a scary and personal one for me, but I want it to serve as what I would love to have read when I was struggling the most. Living with anxiety is bloody hard. When you’re in the thick of it you can’t imagine how you could live a normal life…
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how to travel responsibly
Travel is a massive privilege that only a small percentage of the population will ever get to experience; so it’s important we preserve the natural beauty of the world as much as we can. While this is obviously protecting the environment, it’s also having good ethics on the road, and being kind to people everywhere…
Meg Goes Global 