For my week off in Australia, I worked at a bed and breakfast farm in Cow Bay, located within the isolated Daintree rainforest. Travelers are welcome to work there in exchange for housing and food, an arrangement similar to the “wwoofing” experience. The B&B and farm where I worked, The Epiphyte, is about three hours […]

Last week we took one of the smallest planes to one of the smallest islands I have ever seen. The entirety of which could fit in the frame of the window. And it takes about thirty minutes to walk around the whole thing (but more on that later). The island is about the length of […]

If you’re in Australia and homesick for that Portland vibe, Melbourne is the cure. For the week of our spring break, Lu and I traveled down the east coast of Australia to the hip, happenin’ city of Melbourne, and it didn’t disappoint.   Melbourne doesn’t necessarily look like Portland; its buildings and apartments are much […]

“the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” — H.P. Lovecraft If you had asked me three months ago whether I thought that was true, I would have told you to shove off. Everyone knows spiders are far worse that the […]

It’s a strange feeling when you realize how much of your life can fit into a relatively small backpack. I had this feeling for the first time a few weeks ago when we said goodbye to our homestays and set out into the bush. For the remainder of our time in Australia, the term “home” […]