Yosemite National Park has to be one of the most beautiful places I have ever been to in the world. The giant green trees, the rapid waterfalls, the birdsong, it truly is a spectacular place. I travelled to Yosemite in late March, on a day where it thankfully wasn’t too hot but it wasn’t too […]
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GALLERY: The majestic Grand Canyon
Situated about a six-hour drive from Los Angeles the Grand Canyon is one of the most well recognised natural landmarks on the planet. It is also one of the most remarkable. The Grand Canyon as we know it today is about 5000 square kilometres in size. The Colorado River runs straight through the middle of […]
Visiting Japan for the first time
My first day in Japan earlier this month was one of shock. There were so many people in what were quite small spaces and there wasn’t that much space to move around without bumping into other people. At first, I didn’t like it. But that soon changed. Beyond the hustle and bustle that was the […]
Who said Brisbane was boring?
I grew up in Brisbane, spending the first 20 years of my life hanging out in Queen Street Mall and catching the yellow buses around town. I moved away to regional Queensland about a year ago for work and travel back to the city to see family and friends regularly. I returned home recently for […]
Four days in Melbourne – coffee, food, street art and the Jezabels… again
Recently my girlfriend Laura and I travelled down to Melbourne for weekend getaway. It was a wonderful little holiday and a much needed break. While I had only been to Melbourne once before, when I was 11 years old, I could not remember much about the city. I was taking most things in for the […]
The chaotic home of Margaret Olley at the Tweed River Art Gallery
Fingal Head is a tiny little ocean town in Northern New South Wales, on the other side of the Tweed River to Tweed Heads. The town provides the perfect little getaway close to the Gold Coast just across the state border, but also provides a great base from which to explore other places, such as Byron […]
Springbrook, A Great Place for a Picnic
My goal over this summer holiday season has been to do something different; try different restaurants and cafes and see different places. My friends Claudia and Laura felt similar, decided to have a picnic somewhere spectacular, only question, where in driving distance from our homes could we possibly go? Hidden away only 45 minutes out of the Gold […]
Tobi's Travels: Recapping an Adventure
Warsaw, Poland When ever I have reached the end of a long trip I always feel ready to go home. The only issue is once I get home everything feels so weird. What was once normality is now abnormality and living out of a suitcase and moving to a new place every few days is […]
Tobi's Travels: From Russia with Love
One of the main reasons I chose to do Topdeck’s Red Star Special tour was because it went well beyond the old iron curtain, into the heartland of Mother Russia. I always have had a curiosity with Russia. Throughout modern history classes in high school, the 1917 revolution and the Soviet Union were two of […]
Tobi's Travels: Coach Trip
What happens when you get over 30 young adults and place them in a confined space together for an extended period of time with not much access to outside civilisation? One only has to watch Big Brother to answer that question. Alternatively, for those with no interest in appearing in the show, all you have […]