Ok, not exactly AT Surfer’s Paradise, but near it at a sandbar at Currumbin Alley, a bay known for good beginner waves and a little further out, one of the world’s best point breaks.–Everywhere in...
Read More →With a few days to explore Gold Coast, we started with a walk from Broadbeach to Surfers Paradise, about 5km. The first thing I noticed was there was no surfers. At all. Disappointing. I later...
Read More →After a rainy weekend in Brisbane, we are ready for some sun! The forecast for the week looks better and we’ve seen enough of the city, so we spontaneously added a week in Gold Coast, about an...
Read More →We left our home 1 month ago today. It still feels unreal, like we will be flying to freezing Minneapolis headed back to work tomorrow. But, we aren’t, and that is still exciting to me....
Read More →We arrived in Brisbane on Thursday evening from the Solomon Islands and figured out the train to get our Airbnb host’s apartment in Coorpooroo. Back in the world of hot water, we caught up on...
Read More →With very little research about the Solomon Islands, except about the history of Guadalcanal we don’t have many expectations as we fly from Port Villa to Honiara today. The airport is crowded with people loitering, presumably...
Read More →This is the first post in my new travel cooking series. Since we aren’t usually in once place for longer than a week, my goal of cooking on the road is tasty meals with few, reusable ingredients....
Read More →For our last 2 nights here in Sydney, we decided to stay in the heart of the city, and spend some time sightseeing. We walked a lot, through central Sydney, Hyde Park, Botanical Gardens, Sydney...
Read More →Our first impression of Bondi Beach was that is it exactly like its described: sprawling, popular, beautiful, full of crashing waves, with a fun, laid-back atmosphere. The beach is the closest one to the center...
Read More →We’ve been in Sydney for two days, and most of our time has been spent exploring the beaches. With some help from TripAdvisor and our Airbnb hosts we found the Coastal Walk, a 6 km trail from Coogee Beach to Bondi...
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