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…
Now I’ve spent a fair bit of time on the Gold Coast over the last few years, and it’s come to feel like a second home to me. But it’s safe to say the Goldy has a mixed reputation and some interesting stereotypes. I’m going to try my best to give you some inspiration and…
(Well, Working Holiday Visa pt.2) It’s been an eventful couple of years since I was last living here but I’ve finally got my next visa. Shoutout to the Free Trade Agreement! I am so happy to be back but this time is definitely a different experience. The whirlwind travel and hostel partying has been swapped…

Six weeks is the perfect amount of time to see all the key sights of the east coast of Australia without rushing it, so this itinerary is what I would do if I was going to experience it all again for the first time. Feel free to use this as a starting point to create…

Australia is expensive. It’s probably up there with the first few things people say to me about moving to Australia along with ‘aren’t there loads of snakes and spiders’. What I would say is don’t let either of those put you off coming here because firstly, you’re mostly not going to have heaps of run…