Since May 2014, my friend Holly and I had been saving for an adventure of a lifetime. I was so determined to make my dreams a reality. My visa had been accepted, I had decided I would leave work and so we booked our tickets for the following February. We both had made countdowns on our … More Australia 2015 – Heathrow > Singapore
Adventure Over. Finally settling myself on the plane, I was beyond exhausted and just wanted to get home to my family. It felt like the longest journey ever, even with watching heaps of movies and eating the crappy aeroplane food. I was beyond starving and was dying for a meal! Losing track of time I … More Australia 2014 – Hong Kong > Heathrow
Going home. Well I couldnt believe when I woke up that morning that I was heading home that day. My 3 weeks had flown by so quickly. I was looked after, treated really well and I couldnt have wished for a better time. Packing up my suitcase, leaving the room so empty I think I … More Australia 2014 – Melbourne > Sydney
First Aussie BBQ Being in Australia one of the other things on my list was to have a BBQ. I know I’ve had many in England but it just HAD to be different in Australia right? So with all the really hot weather we had, we looked on the forecast and could finally see a … More Australia 2014 – Melbourne
Birthday Of course, its January and that means one thing… MY BIRTHDAY. First ever birthday I spent without my family, it was the most surrealist thing. In the whole 3 weeks that I spent in Australia I couldnt get used to waking up to the cookaburrows or seeing sunshine through my window every single day. … More Australia 2014 – Melbourne
Tourist Attractions Whilst staying with my friends in Rowville we decided that to make the most of my holiday we had to visit certain places. The City To start off with, 3 days after my arrival we took a little drive into the city with some more friends, it wasn’t too long a journey but … More Australia – Melbourne
Rowville. After being slightly delayed I touched down on Melbourne ground and was greeted by some friends I would be staying with. So so hungry we went through Macca’s drive through. About an hour later we came into a place called ‘Rowville’. Cute. It had it owns doctors, takeaways, small supermarket and a coffee place. … More Australia 2014 – Melbourne
So after another long and exhausting flight, I had finally made it to the other side of the world. A few moments where I thought I wouldn’t make it because of turbulence but all was well and I couldn’t wait to get to Melbourne in a few hours time! Not realising that there were 2 … More Australia 2014 – Sydney > Melbourne
4th Jan. Leaving Home So the day I was due to fly out to Australia by myself, I woke up with immense excitement. I finished the last of my packing and prayed that the evening would hurry up. My sister came over with the children to say goodbye and Dad being Dad had decided we … More Australia 2014 – Heathrow > Hong Kong
Wanderlust 