Direction Island, one of the 27 islands that make up the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, is probably one of the most beautiful I have ever been to. → Check out the reel I made about Direction Island! The Cocos (Keeling) Islands…
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Christmas Island is a tiny island, a territory of Australia, situated in the Indian Ocean. It is so remote that the next closest land is Indonesia, more than 350km away. It’s also the only place on earth where red crabs…
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On my mission to visit and share every country and territory in the world (a total standing at 269), I sometimes end up booking trips to visit some of the world's most remote places and undertaking serious bucket-list worthy adventures.…
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The most famous thing about Christmas Island is its annual red crab migration, a surreal wildlife experience whereby you can witness millions of red crabs across the island heading down to the island's beaches to give birth. In my mission…
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Hiking through Territory Day Park high up on Christmas Island is an excellent place to spot the red crabs that have made this island so famous. In my mission to visit every country and territory in the world (a total…
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The Blowholes is one of the most iconic hiking spots on Christmas Island, one of the spots featured in David Attenborough's 1988 documentary of the island. It's also one of the best places to see the male red crabs after…
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The Margaret Knoll Lookout is a short walk through the jungle and up a series of steps to one of the best bird-watching platforms on the island. In my mission to visit every country and territory in the world (a…
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Bunbury is home to the Mangrove Boardwalk, one of the furthest south examples of this kind of white mangrove and so rare to see. I first visited Australia in 2019 and, while I did make it to the west coast,…
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We're currently living full-time in our campervan, a 2018 Mercedes Sprinter, and exploring Australia, with a plan of "driving the lap" (completing the entire perimeter of the country). I first visited Australia in 2019, following the classic backpacker route, mostly…
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Sydney is my favourite city in Australia, having been my first entry point into Australia back in 2019 when I first visited the country and subsequently the place I was most excited to go back and explore when I returned…
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Lake Tyrrell is a 120,000-year-old salt lake found in northern Victoria. On our drive across Australia, starting from Sydney and heading first west towards Perth, we made a detour from Mildura to catch the sunrise over Lake Tyrrell. Stretching 51,500…
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I first visited Australia back in 2019. I had bought a one-way ticket from Vancouver, the city where I had spent the last 12 years, originally intending to go for a six-week backpacking trip around the vast country before heading…
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We love Sweden so much; it's one of our favourite countries in Europe. Our first visit to Sweden was this past winter when we did a mystery roadtrip which my partner planned for me with my only clues being that I…
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I first visited Mallorca in 2022 on holiday. While I used to have a full-time remote position, enabling me to travel pretty much permanently, Mallorca was one of the few places I visited on annual leave from work, allowing me…
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