About

Nicole. Australian. From the city otherwise known as ‘Rad.’

Hailing from Adelaide, fondly known as ‘RADelaide’ by its residents, I was Bitten by the Travel Bug when I was not quite 1-year-old and have been exercising both my wanderlust and passport ever since!

When I’m not in RADelaide, you can find me in Melbourne studying a double degree in Journalism and International Studies (though I’ve taken this year off to travel and live in Europe!) I also hold a myriad of other jobs including working at an Italian coffee shop, panel operating at a radio station and being a paper pusher at a crash repairs.

I begun this site when I was researching information about American Summer Camps and found that there was a lack of detailed information about both sides of camp (the good and bad!) and even less information for Australians about travelling anywhere! So with that in mind I tentatively began writing. From that stage I have discovered a love of writing about the quirky places visitors often overlook visiting, about cultures, adventure and of course one off experiences. Oh, and I’m a firm believer in solo travel!

Bitten by the Travel Bug begun in Janurary 2010 and remained fairly stagnent until July 2011, but its full steam ahead now. I hope to begin bringing you useful information on visas, country and city guides as well as some of the best stories from the road. I don’t fit neatly into a box when I travel so there will be budget and luxury options, food posts along side photography and (soon) videos, as well as a place to get to know some of the other amazing bloggers I meet along the way.

So come with me as I try to find a cure for my travel bug, one country at a time!

10 Things About ME!

  • I’d dreamed of working at an American Summer Camp since I was 12-years old and read The Babysitters Club series. In 2010 my dream came true when I spent 4-months working as a camp counsellor in upstate New York as the radio specialist. Best summer of my life!
  • My favourite city? New York. It’s magical in both summer and winter though I am yet to see it snow (maybe this year!)
  • Least favourite city? Los Angeles. I love culture, arts and great food and LA seems to lack on all three counts. :(
  • Most magical country? Well, aside from Australia I loved Ireland. The people were friendly, the culture was relaxed, the history, the beer, oh I just loved it!
  • So you know I currently study a double degree Bachelors of Journalism and a Bachelors of International Studies but on top of that I study a Certificate III/IV – Personal Training (because I can! :P )
  • I wanted to be an airhostess (like my Mum was!) until she told me that you had to wear stockings even in summer (when I was little I thought stockings only came in big thick winter form)
  • I want to learn a language fluently! I’ve learnt Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Italian, and Indonesian but I can’t speak more than the basics.
  • My favourite animals are Pandas. I’d really like to do some conservation work with them in the near future.
  • My travel ventures should be renamed “Don’t tell my Mother…” (like Diego Bunuel’s show) My Mum hopes that I won’t visit Russia, Afghanistan, North Korea or even ride the VodkaTrain but what she doesn’t know is they are right at the top of my ‘Must Do’ list. Sorry Mum!
  • Don’t worry though, my Dads worse. He didn’t even like the fact I was visiting Belfast, Northern Ireland and would prefer I only travel to places Qantas flies out of! Just in case…