My first two weeks in Australia are coming to an end and they were relaxingly spent in Yamba, NSW. Yamba is a small town and I didn’t get up to a whole lot while I was there. I did really enjoy staying in Anne & Paul’s beautiful house, exploring the locals parks, beaches & lake with Molly and faking a real adult life by cooking for myself. A few highlights from my time in Yamba: Walking Miss Molly along Yamba’s dog-friendly beach Spotting kangaroos at the golf course! There were tons of them but this Kanga & Roo were my… Read More
Australia & NZ
Siyabonga, See You Later & ‘Ello!
Over the last month I’ve stepped foot in 5 countries (4 continents), chalked up almost 50 hours in the air (possibly more in airports) and have finally made it to my next adventure: Australia! We left Swaziland on August 19th and boarded a bus for the longest ride of our lives (close to 12 hours) to Durban, South Africa. The next week in Durban was fairly blissful. We walked along the beach, visited cool markets, met up with friends, went to a South African braii, got our haircut, took part in amateur shark cage diving, went surfing (I just watched)… Read More
How it’s Totally Possible I Could Visit Every Continent Before I Graduate…
…woah! When I realized I may be able to visit every continent before I graduate in 2014, I was psyched! Back in my grade nine business class, one of our projects was to make a computer presentation about ourselves. One slide had to list our life goals/bucket-list items. I can’t remember all of mine but a few stand out: attend an awards show (still waiting for my Oscars invite), get something published (check! though I’d love to publish more), learn another language (not looking too good), learn how to whistle (half-check) and visit all 7 continents. Even at 13, I… Read More
