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Love lock in Montmartre which overlooks Paris, France

Travel Bug Tuesday – Montmartre Love Lock

by Nicole on February 14, 2012

Whilst bus loads of tourists come to climb the steps of the Sacré Coeur, there is another way up the hill to Montmartre. Winding through the cobbled streets thronged with people doing their Saturday shop you can envision the old Parisian lifestyle which other arrondissements left in favour of modernity. Climbing up the steps, the back [...]

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Onboard the US aircraft carrier the Intrepid gazing out over New Jersey from New York at Sunset

Travel Bug Tuesday – A Patriotic Sunset

by Nicole on January 3, 2012

Patriotic isn’t something I’d call myself. Sure I love my home country of Australia but my feelings of patriotism are more subdued than the patriotism you experience when travelling through America. Throughout New York City the star spangled banner hangs. From the biggest flags covering walls of buildings, hanging crisp and straight an ever present [...]

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When walking down Bourke Street, Melbourne’s shopping strip, it’s hard to miss the Myer Christmas window display. Each year visitors and locals head to the city to visit what has become a Christmas tradition.  A queue of people will be snapping photos or gazing into the windows at the moving display and a soundtrack of [...]

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Travel Bug Tuesday – Stairway to a Surfers Heaven

December 6, 2011
Stairs to Beach at Bells Beach, Torquay Victoria Australia

The reason I wanted to stay in Torquay for a week was half logistical, half dream. Firstly was the draw of cheap accommodation, second was the dream to become a world class surfer in 7-days at Bells Beach. Oh, and I wanted to drive the Great Ocean Road. If the weather was better I still believe [...]

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Travel Bug Tuesday – Inside Kiin Kiin

October 18, 2011
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Standing on a street corner in the trendy suburb of Nørrebro, the cold Danish autumn air was beginning to creep up on the group, desperate to get inside the building we were standing in front of. Our guide for the evening, Henrik from Wonderful Copenhagen appeared in the doorway ushering us all in excitedly. It [...]

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Travel Bug Tuesday – Sunset on the Big Apple

October 5, 2011
Sunset in New York City Times Square

At the street crossing just off Times Square I stopped at the traffic lights, watching the traffic I quickly turned my gaze to the orange orb slowly setting between the skyscrapers. It was the end of summer, the end of my four month trip to the US to work as a Camp Counsellor and it was [...]

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Travel Bug Tuesday – Bridging the River Liffey in Dublin

September 27, 2011
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I’d been cooped up for a week back in London with a persistant cold and upon arriving in Dublin not rain or flu was not going to stop me enjoying my time away from grey, dark London. Starting at Abbey Court, my hostel for the week, I walked along the River Liffey stopping every so often [...]

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Travel Bug Tuesday – Dressed up in the Flower Garden

September 20, 2011
Handmade Poppy flower dress at the Royal Adelaide Show

When I was a kid I used to beg my parents to take my sister and I to the Royal Adelaide Show to pick-up the carefully selected show bags we’d chosen after spending the weekend pouring over the official guide, take on the biggest and most scary rides and of course, no trip was complete without going [...]

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Travel Bug Tuesday – Warming up at Bondi Beach

September 6, 2011
Bondi Beach Photography Sydney

 In celebration of the first week of spring it’s only appropriate to have a warm weather photo! Bondi Beach is usually packed but late on a Saturday afternoon the people begin to wander away and you get a rare glimps of the beach at it’s most peaceful. Though the wind was beginning to pick-up, it’s [...]

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