
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.…
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…
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…

Everyone talks about how hard it is leaving home, but the same conversation is not had for how difficult it is to come back again. When you feel like you have changed and grown beyond the limits of your home town, but you return to things being practically the same, it’s a weird feeling. I…

how to travel for free Money is often the first obstacle people consider when wanting to travel. The biggest misconception I hear when talking to people about my travels is that I must be rich or just be spending ‘daddy’s money`, because travelling is just so expensive and unachievable right? Wrong! This, I feel, is…