round the world with my family
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A two-hour river cruise for $8. Something didn’t feel quite right about this. You can only just get a beer for that price. This cruise was also holding out the possibility of us seeing some dolphins. For $8. There is only one sailing per day on the Port Adelaide Dolphin Express. We arrived at the harbour... Continue Reading →
Hi, I’m Lexi. I’m 6 years old. I like travelling. I haven’t liked – Dubai. I didn’t like it because it was too hot. I also didn't like burritos, which we tried in New Zealand. I have liked – Lanzarote. I liked it because it was sunny and had a swimming pool. I also like... Continue Reading →
The Brig Amity brought the first European settlers to Albany in 1836, setting sail from Sydney with 61 men to prevent an expected French settlement in the region. Lying 400km south of Perth, on the bottom left edge of Australia, Albany is the oldest permanently settled town in Western Australia. An important port for mail... Continue Reading →
After "sivun" weeks in New Zealand, we’ve landed in Western Australia for the next leg of our family gap-year. We are technically heading towards winter, but it doesn’t feel that way. The trees are green, rather than the reds and oranges that had started to appear in New Zealand. We've also gone up a few... Continue Reading →
Alongside exploring new places, taking a year away to travel with my family has given me a certain amount of "free" time. Not as much free time as I expected mind you, because it's incredible how much time you can use up doing nothing when you're not worrying about deadlines. In the gaps between taking... Continue Reading →
round the world with my family 