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Travel Bug Tuesday – Bridging the River Liffey in Dublin

September 27, 2011

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 [...]

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 [...]

Travel Bug Tuesday – Warming up at Bondi Beach

September 6, 2011

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 [...]

Travel Bug Tuesday – A Postcard From One Spunkygirl!

August 2, 2011

This postcard has travelled: 14,000.7km or 8699.6 miles from Banff, Canada to Adelaide, Australia. I love receiving postcards in the mail, knowing that something has travelled across a long distance to finally end up in your hands and filled with a brief description of what the traveller is doing on the other side of the world. With [...]

Travel Bug Tuesday – Paddle Boarding in the Keys

May 31, 2011

At the end of my summer working in upstate New York, a group of five girls headed to Florida for a fortnight of sunbathing and theme parks. As a last minute decision Hayley and Eva decided to end their summer by heading to Key West and with no set plans, I accepted their offer to [...]

Travel Bug Tuesday – ‘Free Derry’

May 3, 2011

Ireland Northern Ireland Free Derry Bogside Londonderry

Northern Ireland has a history of struggle against the Protestant English and the Catholic Irish. These struggles come off best in the town of Londonderry/Derry. Originally settled as ‘Doire,’ the Irish equivalent of ’Oak-tree,’ when this city was taken over by the English they renamed the city ‘Londonderry.’ With the River Foyle cutting the city in [...]

Travel Bug Tuesday – ‘Junk’

January 21, 2010

In my eyes, any trip to Hong Kong is not complete until you see one of the traditional Hong Kong junks floating in Victoria Harbour. If you’re brave you can even test your sea-legs and sail around the harbour of scheduled cruises!