Tag: western australia
-
2021: Just Go
Starting January 8th, 2021, I had no visa… no home… only a destination: my friend Elise’s wedding. I sat with my luggage and backpack in a silent Sydney airport terminal. No bustle of tourists, no last minute souvenir shopping, just people quietly sitting waiting for their planes. Was I crazy to decide to spend the…
-
Me, the Outback, & the Road
Once we got into Broome the question was ok what is next and how long are we staying here. It was peak season for Broome and with all the lockdowns and inability to leave the country Australians were traveling north in mass. Normally Broome is a town of 15,000 people, in peak season it goes…
-
Western Australia: Gibb River Road
The most beautiful places are the hardest ones to access. That is always true. In Western Australia there is a famous road that leads from Broome to Darwin that is hundreds of kilometers long of unsealed road. It takes you through the Kimberley’s, an incredibly beautiful area of the outback. It is remote with no…
-
Western Australia: The Northern Coastline
Traveling on a budget normally means you know all the underground deals. Relocation vans are the height of the backpacker’s possibilities as they are so freaking cheap. We got a camper van, normally costing $500 a NIGHT plus insurance and gas, for less than $300 for 6 days. How? When Sloane said she didn’t want…
my feet don't want to go to sleep 