A digital nomad family on a gap year travel adventure
“Grocery Stores?”, you may say. Sounds boring! But we actually genuinely enjoy trying new products in grocery stores while abroad, as you inevitably stumble across some amazing products and get some insight into the local culture and cuisine by engaging in more of the normal …
In the month of March, we were very much on the move: we went from Noosa Heads to Coolangatta in Australia, then did a road trip through the North and South Islands of New Zealand (from Queenstown to Auckland, with stops in Te Anau/Milford Sound, …
After finishing up our road trip from Queenstown to Auckland (see our posts both here and here), with spring beginning in the northern hemisphere we decided that we wanted to relocate to Europe for the remainder of our year abroad. While our decision to initially …
We spent one week split between the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast (at two Airbnbs in Noosa Heads and Coolangatta, specifically). While we enjoyed elements of both towns, for us Noosa Heads was a vastly superior base for our exploration and was a more …
In the month of February, we spent time in two separate locations: Noosa Heads and Palm Cove, both in Queensland, Australia. As such, our transportation costs for this month came down significantly since we only had one domestic flight (from Cairns to Brisbane) to pay …
We spent one month exploring the North Queensland area of Australia from our home base in Palm Cove. While we could probably have managed to do everything that we wanted to do in the area within a week or so, we planned an extended stay …
When we first arrived in Australia, coming off of one month in Thailand and five months in Southeast Asia, we were immediately struck by how expensive everything here seemed. Australia is significantly more expensive than Southeast Asia for most of the things tourists need: transportation, …
In the month of January, we spent time in three separate locations (Phuket, Thailand and Sydney and Palm Cove in Australia) and so we incurred some additional transportation expenses as well as the increased cost of living in Australia, which we attempted to mitigate by …
Pretty much all trips to the Great Barrier Reef will require you to take an organized tour. We chose a tour run by Big Cat Reef Cruises out of Cairns, which took us on a cruise to a remote island in the inner reef for …
We spent most of our time in Sydney outdoors exploring this beautiful city — we were blessed with some fantastic weather. We were floored by this town and how much there was for us to do. Here are our top 5 things to do with …